Model comparison
Grok 4.6 vs o1-mini
Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 9 categories and o1-mini in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.4 to 8.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 87.5% for Grok 4.6 and 14% for o1-mini.
Side by side
| Grok 4.6 | o1-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 56.9 | 34.0 |
| Released | 2026-08-12 | 2024-09-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 500K | — |
| Max output | 500K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | — |
| Results tracked | 49 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 67.3% | 36.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1465 | 1362 |
| DeepSWE | 67.5% | — |
| FrontierCode | 48% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| CursorBench | 41.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1617 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 25.3% | — |
| SciCode | 56.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 48% |
| ALE-Bench | 1,508 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 65.3% | — |
| Cybench | — | 10% |
| GDP.pdf | 17.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 9,047 | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 67.1% | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | 75.9% | 18.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.5% | 14% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1333 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.44 | 135.82 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 80% | — |
| CritPt | 19.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 40% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 30.5% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 72.3% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 34% | — |
| DTBench | 97.3% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 57.9% |
| LMCA | 48.5% | — |
| LiveBench | — | 57.8% |
Math Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 99.2% | 46.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1423 | 1358 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 66% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 31.7% | — |
| ProofBench | 51% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 62% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94% | 62.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1467 | 1316 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 49.3% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), o1-mini: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.2% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 40% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1452 | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1480 | 1314 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | 1293 |
| LMArena German | 1431 | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1376 | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | 1397 | 1223 |
| LMArena Russian | 1422 | 1283 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1404 | 1303 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1431 | 1304 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 65.4% |
Long Context Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1454 | 1320 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1428 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1425 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 40.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.6 better than o1-mini?
Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.6 or o1-mini better for coding?
Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and o1-mini share?
24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.