Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Nova Premier 1.0

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Nova Premier 1.0 Amazon

38.3

Rank #189 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.4 to 23.0.
  • Grok 4.6 is cheaper at $2 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
  • Nova Premier 1.0 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 500K.

Side by side

Grok 4.6Nova Premier 1.0
ProviderxAIAmazon
Noometry Index56.938.3
Released2026-08-122025-04-30
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window500K1M
Max output500K10K
Input $ / M tokens$2$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$6$12.50
Results tracked496

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Nova Premier 1.0
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
CursorBench41.4%—
LMArena WebDev1617—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
SciCode56.5%—
WeirdML67.3%—
LMArena Coding1465—
ALE-Bench1,508—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Nova Premier 1.0
APEX-Agents65.3%—
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Nova Premier 1.0
ARC-AGI-267.1%—
SimpleBench75.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—44.8%
NYT Connections (extended)80%—
ARC-AGI-187.5%—
CritPt19.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
EBR-Bench30.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1447—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA48.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.44—

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Nova Premier 1.0
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%—
ProofBench51%—
Omni-MATH—35%
LMArena Math1423—

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Nova Premier 1.0
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—
MMLU-Pro—72.6%
GPQA (HELM)—51.8%
LMArena Expert1467—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Nova Premier 1.0
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Nova Premier 1.0
LMArena Non-English1420—
LMArena Chinese1480—
LMArena French1461—
LMArena German1431—
LMArena Japanese1376—
LMArena Korean1397—
LMArena Russian1422—
LMArena Spanish1404—

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Nova Premier 1.0
IFEval—80.3%
LMArena Instruction Following1431—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Nova Premier 1.0: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Nova Premier 1.0
LMArena Longer Query1454—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Nova Premier 1.0
LMArena Text1428—
LMArena Creative Writing1428—
WildBench—78.8%
LMArena Multi-Turn1425—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Nova Premier 1.0?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Nova Premier 1.0?

Grok 4.6 is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova Premier 1.0 does, with 1M tokens against 500K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Nova Premier 1.0 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.

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