Model Comparison

Grok-3 Mini vs Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1Which is better in 2026?

Grok-3 Mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Verdict: Grok-3 Mini vs Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 — which is better?

Grok-3 Mini (by xAI) and Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 (by NVIDIA) are two of the AI models people compare most. Here is how they stack up on benchmarks, price and capabilities, and which one to pick in 2026.

Grok-3 Mini outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA), while Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 is better at 0 benchmarks. Grok-3 Mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Choose Grok-3 Mini if…

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

Choose Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 if…

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

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Grok-3 Mini outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA), while Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 is better at 0 benchmarks.

Grok-3 Mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

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-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Grok-3 Mini supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B 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-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Grok-3 Mini is licensed under a proprietary license, while Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B 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-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B 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-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 was released on 2025-03-18.

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 is 1 month newer than Grok-3 Mini.

Grok-3 Mini

Feb 17, 2025

1.4 years ago

Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1

Mar 18, 2025

1.3 years ago

4w newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Grok-3 Mini has a knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-17, while Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B 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-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 (2023-12-31).

Grok-3 Mini

Nov 2024

11 mo newer
Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

xAI
Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher AIME 2025 score (90.8% vs 58.4%)
Higher GPQA score (84.0% vs 66.7%)
NVIDIA
Has open weights
xAIGrok-3 Mini
NVIDIALlama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
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Detailed Comparison

Interactive Arena

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Grok-3 Mini and Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Grok-3 Mini
✓ Preferred
Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
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FAQ

Common questions about Grok-3 Mini vs Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.

Which is better, Grok-3 Mini or Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1?

Grok-3 Mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Grok-3 Mini is made by xAI and Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B 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-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 in benchmarks?

Grok-3 Mini scores AIME 2024: 95.8%, AIME 2025: 90.8%, GPQA: 84.0%, LiveCodeBench: 80.4%. Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 scores MATH-500: 96.6%, MT-Bench: 91.7%, MBPP: 91.3%, Arena Hard: 88.3%, BFCL v2: 73.7%.

What are the context window sizes for Grok-3 Mini and Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1?

Grok-3 Mini supports 128K tokens and Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B 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-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B 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-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1?

Grok-3 Mini is developed by xAI and Llama-3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 is developed by NVIDIA.

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