Grok 3 Mini
- Next shutdown
- None setNo date on 1 platform
- Arena Text
- 1,364#91 of 128 · Arena
Dates on every platform
1 listings · a floor is the earliest possible date
| Platform | Model ID and status | Deprecated | Shuts down | Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure AI FoundryMicrosoft: Model retirement schedule - Microsoft Foundry (opens in a new tab) · checked Oct 14, 2026 | grok-3-mini:1Shut down | – | Shut down | Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) |
Requests to retired deployments return 410 Gone.
What breaks when you move off Grok 3 Mini
Intelligence
Third-party results, credited below
| Benchmark | Publisher | Score | Rank | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Text | Arena | 1,364 ± 3 | #91 of 128 | Oct 8, 2026 |
Arena (arena.ai), https://arena.ai/leaderboard
Change history
ShutdownGrok 3, Grok 3 mini and Grok 4 Fast retired on Azure AI FoundryAzure AI Foundry1 break
Microsoft retired grok-3, grok-3-mini, grok-4-fast-reasoning and grok-4-fast-non-reasoning. It lists grok-4 and the Grok 4.1 Fast models as replacements.
- Platform
- Azure AI Foundry
- AvailabilityInference requests to retired deployments return 410 Gone.
Source: Microsoft, Model retirement schedule - Microsoft Foundry (opens in a new tab); Microsoft, Microsoft Foundry Models lifecycle and support policy (opens in a new tab)