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  3. Grok 3 vs Relace: Relace Apply 3

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Grok 3 vs Relace: Relace Apply 3 benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, Relace: Relace Apply 3 is more budget-friendly at $1.25/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Choose Grok 3 if your priority is peak reasoning, complex code generation, and top preference Elo. Choose Relace: Relace Apply 3 if you are optimizing for low latency, high throughput, and cost-efficient API deployment.
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Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

3 direct benchmark disciplines evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Grok 3 (0)Relace: Relace Apply 3 (3)
Grok 3
0 of 3 Wins
Competitive baseline across remaining benchmarks
Relace: Relace Apply 3
3 of 3 Wins
✓Input price✓Output price✓Context window
xAI
Grok 3

Previous xAI generation before Grok 4. Kept for grok 3 vs grok 4.

Elo 1,405$15/1M out
relace
Leads 3 of 3 metrics
Relace: Relace Apply 3

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (relace/relace-apply-3). Preview until a second source matches.

$1.25/1M out
Top Rival Showdowns for Grok 3
All Matchups
Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs DeepSeek V4 Provs Qwen 3 Max
Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderRelace: Relace Apply 3 Wins

Relace: Relace Apply 3

$1.25 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top Western standard models with China's leading frontier rival across 6 skill dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Grok 3 (6)vsRelace: Relace Apply 3 (3)
Grok 3: 6W (67%)Overall: Grok 3Relace: Relace Apply 3: 3W (33%)
← Grok 3Relace: Relace Apply 3 →
🏆Grok 3(4/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark
Grok 3vsRelace: Relace Apply 3
Preference Elo
1,405vs—
Coding Elo
—vs—
SWE-bench
51.4%vs—
LiveBench
60.2%vs—
GPQA Diamond
74.2%vs—
Grok 3: 4WRelace: Relace Apply 3: 0W
🏆Grok 3(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
Grok 3vsRelace: Relace Apply 3
Output speed
88 tok/svs—
Time to first token
250 msvs—
Grok 3: 2WRelace: Relace Apply 3: 0W
🏆Relace: Relace Apply 3(3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
Grok 3vsRelace: Relace Apply 3
Output price
$15/1Mvs$1.25/1M+$13.75/1M
Input price
$3/1Mvs$0.85/1M+$2.15/1M
Context window
131kvs256k+125k
Grok 3: 0WRelace: Relace Apply 3: 3W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo
Grok 31,405
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
Relace: Relace Apply 3—
LiveBench
Grok 360.2%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
Relace: Relace Apply 3—
SWE-bench
Grok 351.4%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
Relace: Relace Apply 3—
GPQA Diamond
Grok 374.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Relace: Relace Apply 3—
Time to first token
Grok 3250 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Relace: Relace Apply 3—
Output speed
Grok 388 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Relace: Relace Apply 3—
Input price+$2.15/1M
Grok 3$3/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Relace: Relace Apply 3$0.85/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Output price+$13.75/1M
Grok 3$15/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Relace: Relace Apply 3$1.25/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
Context window+125k
Grok 3131k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Relace: Relace Apply 3256k
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
BenchmarkGrok 3Relace: Relace Apply 3Advantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,405
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
LiveBench
60.2%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
SWE-bench
51.4%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
GPQA Diamond
74.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Time to first token
250 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Output speed
88 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Input price
$3/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0.85/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$2.15/1M
Output price
$15/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$1.25/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$13.75/1M
Context window
131k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
256k
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+125k
Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 85% with Relace: Relace Apply 3
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
Grok 3$330.00 / mo
In: $105Out: $225
Relace: Relace Apply 3$48.50 / mo
In: $29.75Out: $18.75
Estimated Cost Delta

Relace: Relace Apply 3 is estimated to save $281.50/month ($3,378/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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    Relace: Relace Apply 3:Pick Relace: Relace Apply 3 when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatRelace: Relace Apply 3

Lower output list price ($1.25/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGRelace: Relace Apply 3

Larger window (256k).

Screenshots / visionGrok 3

Grok 3 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsinsufficient dataNeed SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chatRelace: Relace Apply 3Lower output list price ($1.25/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient dataNeed TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAGRelace: Relace Apply 3Larger window (256k).
Screenshots / visionGrok 3Grok 3 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.
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Grok 3

Elo 1,405
SWE-bench51.4%
Speed (tok/s)88 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$3/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$15/1M
relace

Relace: Relace Apply 3

Elo n/a
SWE-bench—
Speed (tok/s)256k
Input / 1M Tokens$0.85/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$1.25/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Grok 3 or Relace: Relace Apply 3?
We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Grok 3 or Relace: Relace Apply 3?
SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
Relace: Relace Apply 3 output tokens are $1.25/1M versus $15/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Grok 3 or Relace: Relace Apply 3?
We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?
Relace: Relace Apply 3 accepts 256k tokens versus 131k.
Can I self-host either model?
Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Grok 3 and Relace: Relace Apply 3 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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