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Grok-3 Mini vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Grok-3 Mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

xAI · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Grok-3 Mini outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA), while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is better at 0 benchmarks. Grok-3 Mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Grok-3 Mini

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 2 of 2 shared benchmarks

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Mar 2025
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Grok-3 Mini
xAI
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
Benchmark wins
2 of 2
0 of 2
Input price
$0.30 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.50 / M
— / M
Context window
128,000
—
Released
Feb 2025
Mar 2025
License
Proprietary
Llama 3.1 Community License

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Grok-3 Mini outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA), while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is better at 0 benchmarks.

Grok-3 Mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Grok-3 Mini specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Grok-3 Mini specifies output context (8,000 tokens).

xAI
Grok-3 Mini
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,000 tokens
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Grok-3 Mini supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 does not.

Grok-3 Mini can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Grok-3 Mini

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Grok-3 Mini is licensed under a proprietary license, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Grok-3 Mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Grok-3 Mini was released on 2025-02-17, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 was released on 2025-03-18.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is 1 month newer than Grok-3 Mini.

Grok-3 Mini

Feb 17, 2025

1.5 years ago

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Mar 18, 2025

1.4 years ago

4w newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Grok-3 Mini has a knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-17, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 has a cutoff of 2023-12-31.

Grok-3 Mini has more recent training data (up to 2024-11-17), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 (2023-12-31).

Grok-3 Mini

Nov 2024

11 mo newer
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Grok-3 Mini and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Grok-3 Mini
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
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FAQ

Common questions about Grok-3 Mini vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1.

Which is better, Grok-3 Mini or Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?

Grok-3 Mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Grok-3 Mini is made by xAI and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Grok-3 Mini compare to Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 in benchmarks?

Grok-3 Mini scores AIME 2024: 95.8%, AIME 2025: 90.8%, GPQA: 84.0%, LiveCodeBench: 80.4%. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 scores MATH-500: 95.4%, MBPP: 84.6%, MT-Bench: 81.0%, IFEval: 79.3%, BFCL v2: 63.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Grok-3 Mini and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?

Grok-3 Mini supports 128K tokens and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Grok-3 Mini and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Grok-3 Mini and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1?

Grok-3 Mini is developed by xAI and Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is developed by NVIDIA.

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