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xAI Grok 3
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RANKED #136 OF 316 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #181 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.0 · 832 VOICES ·
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Grok model for agentic tool use, reasoning, coding, and live assistance
HAPPY6.9
151 mentions
SAD8.1
97 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 335 voices in this window
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. xAI hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
xAI Grok 3 is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS5.9
GLM 5.2 504BZhipuPick for top-tier open weights matching closed frontier coding and complex reasoning.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE💸 COST EFFICIENT2.2k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.8
DeepSeek ReasonerDeepSeekPick when you need deep chain of thought reasoning and math at a fraction of the cost.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE💸 COST EFFICIENT4.2k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.2DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeekPick for lightning-fast daily general tasks and coding with massive token throughput.⚡ FAST💸 COST EFFICIENT❤️ CROWD FAVORITE15.0k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with xAI Grok 3 right now. Biggest praise: getting facts right. Biggest gripe: saying no too much.
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PEOPLE LOVE
- People feel it is worth the money (3 mentions)
- Usually gives correct answers (3 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (10 mentions)
- Coding help disappoints some people (6 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 10 thumbs down
- Help with codeA SORE SPOT
3 thumbs up · 6 thumbs down
- PriceMOSTLY POSITIVE
3 thumbs up · 2 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightPEOPLE LOVE THIS
3 thumbs up · 0 thumbs down
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- REDDIT · 2025-02-21 · 1717 UPVOTESGuys, I don't think Grok 3 is long for this world
Guys, I don't think Grok 3 is long for this world
- REDDIT · 2025-02-19 · 717 UPVOTESThe thinking Grok 3 model also fails the ball task
The thinking Grok 3 model also fails the ball task
- REDDIT · 2026-07-28 · 687 UPVOTESShould we be calling Elon a liar?
Should we be calling Elon a liar?
- REDDIT · 2025-02-17 · 687 UPVOTESTomorrow is the day we find out if they zombified Grok 3 with brute force alt right alignment, or if it actually is a step change in…
Tomorrow is the day we find out if they zombified Grok 3 with brute force alt right alignment, or if it actually is a step change in intelligence.
- REDDIT · 2025-02-21 · 617 UPVOTESGrok 3 summary
Grok 3 summary
- REDDIT · 2025-02-28 · 482 UPVOTESChatGPT 4.5 is the #2 best coder in the world on LiveBench, beating reasoning models like Claude-3.7-thinking and Grok-3-thinking.
ChatGPT 4.5 is the #2 best coder in the world on LiveBench, beating reasoning models like Claude-3.7-thinking and Grok-3-thinking.
- LEMMY · 2026-04-05 · 478 UPVOTESAnd just like that, the AI industry started caring about intellectual property
And just like that, the AI industry started caring about intellectual property
- REDDIT · 2024-09-14 · 443 UPVOTESIn another 6 months we will possibly have o1 (full), Orion/GPT-5, Claude 3.5 Opus and Gemini 2 (maybe with Alphaproof and Alphacode…
In another 6 months we will possibly have o1 (full), Orion/GPT-5, Claude 3.5 Opus and Gemini 2 (maybe with Alphaproof and Alphacode integrated), no one is ready for this
- REDDIT · 2025-02-09 · 385 UPVOTESGrok 3 has been spotted in the wild
Grok 3 has been spotted in the wild
- REDDIT · 2024-07-05 · 332 UPVOTESGPT-4 25k A100 vs Grok-3 100k H100. Unprecented scale coming next year. Absolute exponential.
GPT-4 25k A100 vs Grok-3 100k H100. Unprecented scale coming next year. Absolute exponential.
- REDDIT · 2025-07-16 · 312 UPVOTESSo Grok 4 and not Grok 3 was "MechaHitler"?
So Grok 4 and not Grok 3 was "MechaHitler"?
- REDDIT · 2025-06-28 · 237 UPVOTESxAI Engineer: "Grok 4 is coming, and its going to be a bigger jump from grok 3 than grok 3 was from 2."
xAI Engineer: "Grok 4 is coming, and its going to be a bigger jump from grok 3 than grok 3 was from 2."