Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Grok 4.5

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 55.0 on the Noometry Index. Grok 4.5 costs 1.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 48 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Grok 4.5 xAI

55.0

Rank #25 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 48 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 10 categories and Grok 4.5 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 leads 73.5 to 60.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 77.7% for GPT-5.4 and 46.4% for Grok 4.5.
  • Grok 4.5 is cheaper at $2 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
  • GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 500K.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Grok 4.5 specifications
GPT-5.4Grok 4.5
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index59.455.0
Released2026-03-052026-07-08
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M500K
Max output128K500K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$2
Output $ / M tokens$15$6
Results tracked6852

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.5
DeepSWE51.8%53.8%
LMArena WebDev14651553
SciCode56.6%54.1%
WeirdML77.7%46.4%
LMArena Coding14971474
ALE-Bench1,6071,309
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
FrontierCode—42.4%
GSO31.4%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.5
APEX-Agents52.4%56.2%
τ²-bench Banking39.4%47.9%
PostTrainBench19%23.4%
GBAEval45.1%65.4%
LMArena Search11971213
Vending-Bench 26,1443,887
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
GDP.pdf—14%
METR Time Horizons74.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), Grok 4.5: 56.1 (#25)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.5
ARC-AGI-274%52.6%
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%83.5%
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%79.9%
ARC-AGI-193.7%87.2%
CritPt23.4%15.4%
Chess Puzzles44%36%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851462
DTBench94.4%96.5%
LMCA52%45.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81153.92
SimpleBench—70%
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
Surface Evolver Bench—74.4%
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.5
GPQA Diamond93.3%93.4%
SimpleQA Verified45.1%48.3%
LMArena Expert15071466
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—

Multimodal GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.5
LMArena Vision13031288
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%27.3%
Furniture Assembly37.5%22.5%
LMArena Document14711452

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.5
LMArena Non-English14651440
LMArena Chinese15191496
LMArena French14931456
LMArena German14721446
LMArena Japanese14851428
LMArena Korean14481404
LMArena Russian14801448
LMArena Spanish14541450

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.5
LMArena Instruction Following14691446

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.5
LMArena Longer Query14731463
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.5
LMArena Text14691448
LMArena Creative Writing14391442
EQ-Bench Creative Writing18401579
LMArena Multi-Turn14821456
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Grok 4.5?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 55.0 on the Noometry Index. Grok 4.5 costs 1.9× 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 4.5?

Grok 4.5 is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GPT-5.4 or Grok 4.5 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (52.6 vs 52.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 500K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Grok 4.5 share?

48 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.5 has 52.

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