Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Grok 4.1 Fast
Pricing & Specs

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$12
Gemini 3.1 Pro output / 1M
$0.5
Grok 4.1 Fast output / 1M
1.04858M / 2M
context windows

TL;DR: On a typical task (1K input + 500 output tokens), Grok 4.1 Fast is about 17.8x cheaper than Gemini 3.1 Pro. But per-token price is not cost per result: a cheaper model that needs more tokens, retries, or hand-holding can end up more expensive on your workload. The specs below are facts; which one is better at YOUR task is measurable, not guessable.

API Pricing: Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Grok 4.1 Fast

TokensGemini 3.1 ProGrok 4.1 Fast
Input$2 / 1M$0.2 / 1M
Output$12 / 1M$0.5 / 1M
Cached input$0.2 / 1M$0.05 / 1M

What that means in practice (1K input + 500 output tokens)

1x One typical task: $0.0080 on Gemini 3.1 Pro vs $0.0004 on Grok 4.1 Fast
1K 1,000 runs: $8.00 vs $0.45
💡 Real cost depends on how verbose each model is on YOUR prompts. Benchmark to measure actual tokens, not estimates.

Specs Compared

SpecGemini 3.1 ProGrok 4.1 Fast
Context window1.04858M tokens2M tokens
Max output tokens65.536K tokens-
Input modalitiestext, image, video, audio, PDFtext, image
Knowledge cutoff--
Latency (measured)-~1.4s median response
Reasoning modelYesYes
Tool / function callingYesYes
JSON modeYesYes
Prompt cachingYesYes

When to Choose Which

High volume on a budget: start with Grok 4.1 Fast; only pay for Gemini 3.1 Pro if the benchmark shows a quality gap that matters.
Long documents or big codebases: Grok 4.1 Fast has the larger context window (2M vs 1.04858M tokens).
Everything else: the honest answer is to benchmark both on your actual task. Quality differences are task-specific and shift with every release.

FAQ

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Grok 4.1 Fast?

Gemini 3.1 Pro costs $2/$12 per 1M input/output tokens; Grok 4.1 Fast costs $0.2/$0.5. On a typical task (1K input + 500 output tokens), Grok 4.1 Fast is about 17.8x cheaper than Gemini 3.1 Pro.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Grok 4.1 Fast?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has a 1.04858M-token context window; Grok 4.1 Fast has 2M tokens.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro better than Grok 4.1 Fast?

It depends on the task. Generic leaderboards won't tell you which one wins on YOUR workload. OpenMark lets you benchmark Gemini 3.1 Pro and Grok 4.1 Fast head to head on your own task with real API calls, no API keys needed, free tier available.

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