What Is Grok 3?

Grok 3 is the latest large language model developed by Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI. Designed to emulate human-like reasoning, Grok 3 can break down complex problems into understandable steps, making it particularly useful for tasks that require deep understanding and logical analysis. Trained on xAI’s Colossus supercluster with ten times the compute power of previous models, Grok 3 excels in reasoning, mathematics, coding, world knowledge, and instruction-following.

Key Features of Grok 3

• Advanced Reasoning: Grok 3 is designed to tackle complex tasks using “first principles,” deriving answers from fundamental concepts rather than just data.
• Real-Time Data Access: The model integrates real-time data from X (formerly Twitter), allowing for up-to-the-minute world knowledge.
• Extended Context Length: With an extended context length of up to 1 million tokens, Grok 3 can process and understand vast datasets in a single pass — ideal for comprehensive analysis of large documents or complex workflows.
• Structured Outputs: Grok 3 supports structured outputs, enabling developers to specify JSON schemas for AI-powered automations.
• Functions and Tools Support: Grok 3 supports functions and external tools that enable enterprises to build agentic workflows.

Performance Benchmarks

According to xAI, Grok 3 has demonstrated exceptional results on several academic and real-world benchmarks:

• AIME 2025 (math competition): 60%
• GPQA (graduate-level reasoning): 79.1%
• LiveCodeBench (code generation): 65.5%
• IFEval (instruction following): 91.1%
• TauBench-Retail (agentic shopping): 77.4%
• TauBench-Airline (agentic flight booking): 43.0%
• MMLU-pro (multi-task language understanding): 83.1%

Azure AI Foundry: Seamless Access to Grok 3

Azure AI Foundry is Microsoft’s platform that provides developers and enterprises with access to a variety of AI models and tools. By hosting Grok 3 on Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft enables users to integrate this advanced AI model into their applications, enhancing capabilities in areas like customer service, data analysis, and more.

Deployment Options:

• Standard (Pay-As-You-Go): Call Grok 3 as a managed API endpoint with no infrastructure to manage.
• Provisioned Throughput Units (PTUs): Reserve a fixed throughput capacity for the model, allowing access to dedicated resources to handle a certain rate of requests.

Pricing

Starting May 19, Grok 3 is available at no cost in Azure AI Foundry Models for a limited free preview. Customers can explore and test free of charge through early June.

Beginning in June, the following pricing will apply for Grok 3 deployments in Azure AI Foundry:

Why This Collaboration Matters

The integration of Grok 3 into Azure AI Foundry signifies a strategic move by Microsoft to diversify its AI offerings. By providing access to multiple AI models, including those from xAI, Microsoft allows businesses to choose the best tools for their specific needs.

RysysthTechnologies’ Perspective

At Rysysth Technologies, we view the integration of Grok 3 into Azure AI Foundry as a pivotal development in the AI landscape. This collaboration offers our clients access to cutting-edge AI models capable of advanced reasoning and real-time data processing. We anticipate leveraging Grok 3’s capabilities to enhance our AI-driven solutions, delivering more nuanced and context-aware applications across various industries.