Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 45.5 on the Noometry Index. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent costs 3.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.5

Rank #14 Confirmed

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent xAI

45.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 9 categories and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 leads 73.3 to 36.6.
  • Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is cheaper at $1.25 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
  • GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent specifications
GPT-5.4Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index59.545.5
Released2026-03-052026-03-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output128K30K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$1.25
Output $ / M tokens$15$2.50
Results tracked6820

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.8 (#28), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 42.4 (#91)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Coding14971458
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
LMArena WebDev1465—
SciCode56.6%—
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#12), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Search11971204
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.7 (#17), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 42.4 (#44)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%89.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851448
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench94.4%—
LMCA52%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.92—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.3 (#14), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 36.6 (#106)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#13), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 39.7 (#116)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Expert15071445
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—

Multimodal GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 43.8 (#19), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 39.8 (#44)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Vision13021259
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.4 (#22), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 54.6 (#40)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Non-English14651440
LMArena Chinese15201475
LMArena French14931467
LMArena German14721456
LMArena Japanese14841405
LMArena Korean14491416
LMArena Russian14801457
LMArena Spanish14531447

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.3 (#25), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 75.0 (#80)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Instruction Following14691420

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.7 (#84)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Longer Query14741430
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 72.1 (#18), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 64.1 (#57)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Text14691450
LMArena Creative Writing14391435
LMArena Multi-Turn14821451
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 45.5 on the Noometry Index. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent costs 3.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 or Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GPT-5.4 or Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.8 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent has 20.

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