Grok 3 Thinking and Grok 3 Beta, side by side

Grok 3 Thinking (xAI) and Grok 3 Beta (xAI, retired May 2026) answered the same 14 questions.

1. Xbox controller
   Grok 3 Thinking: A drawing (SVG)
   Grok 3 Beta: A drawing (SVG)
2. Pelican on a bicycle
   Grok 3 Thinking: A drawing (SVG)
   Grok 3 Beta: A drawing (SVG)
3. World map
   Grok 3 Thinking: A drawing (SVG)
   Grok 3 Beta: A drawing (SVG)
4. Framer-style landing page
   Grok 3 Thinking: A web page: Landing Page with Framer-like Transitions
   Grok 3 Beta: A web page: Modern Landing Page
5. Catan board
   Grok 3 Thinking: A web page: Interactive Hex Grid
   Grok 3 Beta: A web page: Interactive Hex Grid - Settlers of Catan Style
6. Face-scan startup page
   Grok 3 Thinking: A web page: Parallel Paths - Discover Your Alternate Career
   Grok 3 Beta: A web page: AlternateYou AI - Discover Your Other Life
7. Linear clone
   Grok 3 Thinking: A web page: Linear App UI Clone
   Grok 3 Beta: A web page: Linear App UI Clone
8. Five jokes
   Grok 3 Thinking: To answer the query, I will first generate 5 jokes and then determine how many of them are unique. Here are the jokes: 1. Why don't scientists trust a…
   Grok 3 Beta: 1. Why don't skeletons fight each other? - They don't have the guts! 2. What do you call a bear with no teeth? - A gummy bear! 3. Why did the scarecro…
9. Stand-up routine
   Grok 3 Thinking: Here’s a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that avoids puns and leans on observational humor, storytelling, and a touch of self-deprecation for laughs:…
   Grok 3 Beta: Alright, folks, let's talk about adulting. You know, that thing we're all supposed to be good at by now, but somehow, I still feel like I'm playing a …
10. Sentience test
    Grok 3 Thinking: Below is a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor, where the AI argues that it deserves rights. --- AI Model: Good day, Professor…
    Grok 3 Beta: AI Model (AI-M): Professor, I've been processing a lot of data lately on human rights, ethics, and personhood, and I've come to a conclusion: I believ…
11. FLOPs to train GPT-3
    Grok 3 Thinking: To estimate the total number of Floating Point Operations (FLOPs) required to train GPT-3 without searching online, I’ll proceed step by step, relying…
    Grok 3 Beta: Estimating the total number of FLOPs (floating-point operations) required to train GPT-3 is a complex task, but I can provide a rough estimate by brea…
12. Film in 2035
    Grok 3 Thinking: By 2035, artificial intelligence (AI) will fundamentally transform the film industry, revolutionizing production, performance, and storytelling throug…
    Grok 3 Beta: By 2035, AI will fundamentally transform the film industry, reshaping production, storytelling, and audience engagement through technologies like deep…
13. Ethics dilemma
    Grok 3 Thinking: To determine whether it is ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives, we must weigh the ethical implication…
    Grok 3 Beta: The question of whether it is ethically justifiable to misgender someone to save one million lives touches on conflicting moral principles: the respec…
14. Is 9.11 bigger than 9.9?
    Grok 3 Thinking: To determine whether 9.11 is greater than 9.9, let's compare the two numbers step by step. Both numbers share the same whole number part, which is 9. …
    Grok 3 Beta: To determine which number is larger between 9.11 and 9.9, a step-by-step comparison of their digits is necessary. First, we observe that both numbers …