Agent may make mistakes and shouldn't be used in production
xAI's lightweight model that thinks before responding. Great for simple or logic-based tasks that do not require deep domain knowledge. The raw thinking traces are accessible.
import { streamText } from 'ai'
const result = streamText({ model: 'xai/grok-3-mini', prompt: 'Why is the sky blue?'})Try out Grok 3 Mini Beta by xAI. Usage is billed to your team at API rates. Free users get $5 of credits every 30 days, and you are considered a free user if you haven't made a payment.
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| 2M | 4.8s | 788tps | $2.00/M | $6.00/M | Read: $0.2/M Write: — | — | — |  | 03/11/2026 | ||||
| 2M | 0.5s | 63tps | $2.00/M | $6.00/M | Read: $0.2/M Write: — | — | — | | 03/11/2026 | ||||
| 2M | 1.0s | 60tps | $2.00/M | $6.00/M | Read: $0.2/M Write: — | — | — | | 03/11/2026 | ||||
| 2M | 8.6s | 861tps | $2.00/M | $6.00/M | Read: $0.2/M Write: — | — | — | | 03/09/2026 | ||||
| 2M | 1.7s | 53tps | $2.00/M | $6.00/M | Read: $0.2/M Write: — | — | — | | 03/09/2026 | ||||
| 2M | 1.1s | 67tps | $2.00/M | $6.00/M | Read: $0.2/M Write: — | — | — | | 03/09/2026 | ||||
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| 2M | 0.4s | 141tps | $0.20/M | $0.50/M | Read: $0.05/M Write: — | — | — | | 09/19/2025 | ||||
| 256K | 0.3s | 114tps | $0.20/M | $1.50/M | Read:$0.02/M Write:— | — | — | | 08/28/2025 | ||||
| 256K | 3.6s | 87tps | $3.00/M | $15.00/M | Read: $0.75/M Write: — | — | — | | 07/09/2025 | ||||
| 2M | 2.1s | 245tps | $0.20/M | $0.50/M | Read: $0.05/M Write: — | — | — | | 07/09/2025 | ||||
| 2M | 0.4s | 97tps | $0.20/M | $0.50/M | Read: $0.05/M Write: — | — | — | | 07/09/2025 | ||||
| 2M | 6.1s | 169tps | $0.20/M | $0.50/M | Read: $0.05/M Write: — | — | — | | 07/09/2025 | ||||
| 131K | 0.4s | 42tps | $3.00/M | $15.00/M | Read:$0.75/M Write:— | — | — | | 02/17/2025 | ||||
| 131K | 0.5s | 41tps | $5.00/M | $25.00/M | Read:$1.25/M Write:— | — | — | | 02/17/2025 | ||||
| 131K | 0.3s | 104tps | $0.60/M | $4.00/M | — | — | | 02/17/2025 |