Grok-3 Mini vs LongCat-Flash-Thinking: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
| Characteristic | Grok-3 Mini | LongCat-Flash-Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Company | xAI | Meituan |
| Release Date | February 16, 2025 | September 21, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | 560B |
| Multimodal | Yes | No |
| Context (input) | 128K | — |
| Context (output) | 8K | — |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.30 | — |
| Output Price / 1M | $0.50 | — |
| Average Score | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AIME 2024 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| GPQA | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| AIME 2025 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Visual Benchmark Comparison
Grok-3 Mini
LongCat-Flash-Thinking
AIME 20241.0 vs 0.9
1.0
0.9
GPQA0.8 vs 0.8
0.8
0.8
AIME 20250.9 vs 0.9
0.9
0.9
Verdict
LongCat-Flash-Thinking leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.
Overall Performance
Both models show comparable average scores: Grok-3 Mini — 0.9, LongCat-Flash-Thinking — 0.9.
Recency
LongCat-Flash-Thinking is newer: released 9/21/2025 vs 2/16/2025.
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