Model comparison

GPT-5-Codex vs Grok 4.1

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5-Codex OpenAI

37.3

Rank #190 Reported

Grok 4.1 xAI

40.8

Rank #135 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5-Codex leads 41.9 to 33.4.

Side by side

GPT-5-Codex and Grok 4.1 specifications
GPT-5-CodexGrok 4.1
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index37.340.8
Released2025-09-152025-11-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked319

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 41.9 (#100), Grok 4.1: 33.4 (#246)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGrok 4.1
LMArena WebDev—1214
WeirdML54.5%—
LMArena Coding—1445

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads

GPT-5-Codex: 30.8 (#66), Grok 4.1: 33.8 (#47)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGrok 4.1
Terminal-Bench44.3%—
Cybench—39%

Reasoning GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 30.0 (#80), Grok 4.1: 28.3 (#91)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGrok 4.1
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1436

Math Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Grok 4.1: 36.2 (#124)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGrok 4.1
LMArena Math—1422

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGrok 4.1
LMArena Expert—1417

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Grok 4.1: 53.6 (#64)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGrok 4.1
LMArena Non-English—1425
LMArena Chinese—1464
LMArena French—1448
LMArena German—1447
LMArena Japanese—1396
LMArena Korean—1407
LMArena Russian—1434
LMArena Spanish—1438

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Grok 4.1: 74.0 (#106)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGrok 4.1
LMArena Instruction Following—1400

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#96)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGrok 4.1
LMArena Longer Query—1416

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Grok 4.1: 62.6 (#71)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexGrok 4.1
LMArena Text—1437
LMArena Creative Writing—1411
LMArena Multi-Turn—1438

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5-Codex better than Grok 4.1?

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5-Codex or Grok 4.1 better for coding?

GPT-5-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5-Codex and Grok 4.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5-Codex has 3 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.

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