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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

North Small Translate vs Grok 4.3

Grok 4.3 comes out ahead, 56 to 50 on our weighted score.

  1. Cohere

    North Small Translate

    Released Sep 9, 2026

    50/100
    • ECI—
    • PriceFree / Free
    • Context16K
    Full specs Remove North Small Translate
  2. Our pick

    xAI

    Grok 4.3

    Released Apr 17, 2026

    56/100
    • ECI149.2
    • Price$1.25 / $2.50
    • Context1M
    Full specs Remove Grok 4.3

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01 — Verdict

Grok 4.3 is our pick

Grok 4.3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 56/100 against North Small Translate (50). It leads on inputs & features and context window. North Small Translate wins on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceNorth Small TranslateNorth Small Translate Free · Grok 4.3 $1.56 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGrok 4.3Grok 4.3 1,000,000 · North Small Translate 16,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsGrok 4.3North Small Translate: Text · Grok 4.3: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingNorth Small TranslatePublishes downloadable weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0)
How the score is built
MeasureWeightNorth Small TranslateGrok 4.3
Price50%10041
Inputs & features30%080
Context window20%060
Overall100%50/10056/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

North Small Translate vs Grok 4.3 specifications side by side
SpecificationNorth Small TranslateCohereGrok 4.3xAI
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)—149.2
ECI rank—#55 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions—88.8%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics—42.8%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics—93.3%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions—33.2%
Price per million tokens
InputFree (best)$1.25
OutputFree (best)$2.50
Cached input—$0.20
Blended (3:1)Free (best)$1.56
Long-context rateSame rateOver 200K: $2.50 / $5.00
Price sourceOfficial Cohere APIOfficial xAI API
Limits
Context window16,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens (best)
Max output16,000 tokens30,000 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoYes
PDFsNoYes
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoYeslow · medium · high
Tool callingNoYes
Structured outputNoYes
Availability
WeightsOpenCC-BY-NC-4.0Proprietary
API model IDnorth-small-translate-09-2026grok-4.3
API providers127 (best)
ReleasedSep 9, 2026Apr 17, 2026
Knowledge cutoff——
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • North Small TranslateFree
  • Grok 4.3$17.50
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: North Small Translate or Grok 4.3?

Grok 4.3 is the better all-round choice, scoring 56/100 against North Small Translate (50). It leads on inputs & features and context window. North Small Translate wins on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, North Small Translate or Grok 4.3?

North Small Translate is cheaper at Free input / Free output per million tokens (official Cohere API price). Grok 4.3 costs $1.25 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official xAI API price). North Small Translate is listed as free.

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. North Small Translate has not been scored yet and Grok 4.3 has an ECI of 149.2.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for North Small Translate and Grok 4.3 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that North Small Translate does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.3 has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 16,000 for North Small Translate. Maximum output per response: North Small Translate up to 16,000, Grok 4.3 up to 30,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

North Small Translate accepts text; Grok 4.3 accepts text, images and PDFs. Grok 4.3 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

North Small Translate publishes its weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0) and can be self-hosted; Grok 4.3 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

North Small Translate is the newest, released Sep 9, 2026. Grok 4.3 came out Apr 17, 2026.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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