Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Grok 4 Fast

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Grok 4 Fast xAI

39.4

Rank #167 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 8 categories and Grok 4 Fast in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 leads 61.8 to 22.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 74% for GPT-5.4 and 5.3% for Grok 4 Fast.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Grok 4 Fast specifications
GPT-5.4Grok 4 Fast
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index59.439.4
Released2026-03-052025-09-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked6830

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), Grok 4 Fast: 32.5 (#271)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4 Fast
LMArena WebDev14651159
WeirdML77.7%42.9%
LMArena Coding14971429
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
SciCode56.6%—
GSO31.4%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), Grok 4 Fast: 29.5 (#86)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4 Fast
τ²-bench Banking39.4%15.7%
LMArena Search11971171
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
Cybench—30%
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), Grok 4 Fast: 22.2 (#201)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4 Fast
ARC-AGI-274%5.3%
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%66.1%
ARC-AGI-193.7%48.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851412
DTBench94.4%82.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81144.2
ForecastBench59.560.5
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
LMCA52%—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), Grok 4 Fast: 38.9 (#123)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), Grok 4 Fast: 32.0 (#214)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4 Fast
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%19.7%
LMArena Expert15071411
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), Grok 4 Fast: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4 Fast
LMArena Vision1303—
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), Grok 4 Fast: 51.3 (#111)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4 Fast
LMArena Non-English14651396
LMArena Chinese15191457
LMArena French14931431
LMArena German14721383
LMArena Japanese14851352
LMArena Korean14481357
LMArena Russian14801389
LMArena Spanish14541415

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), Grok 4 Fast: 73.2 (#121)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4 Fast
LMArena Instruction Following14691387

Long Context Grok 4 Fast leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Grok 4 Fast: 63.2 (#3)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4 Fast
LMArena Longer Query14731415
Fiction.LiveBench—94.4%
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), Grok 4 Fast: 60.0 (#102)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4 Fast
LMArena Text14691407
LMArena Creative Writing14391387
LMArena Multi-Turn14821414
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Grok 4 Fast?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 or Grok 4 Fast better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Grok 4 Fast share?

28 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4 Fast has 30.

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