Model comparison

Grok 4 vs Grok 4.1

Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4 xAI

48.1

Rank #56 Confirmed

Grok 4.1 xAI

41.5

Rank #134 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4 scores higher in 6 categories and Grok 4.1 in 3 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where Grok 4 leads 63.1 to 43.2.

Side by side

Grok 4 and Grok 4.1 specifications
Grok 4Grok 4.1
ProviderxAIxAI
Noometry Index48.141.5
Released2025-07-092025-11-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked4819

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4 leads

Grok 4: 50.3 (#46), Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4Grok 4.1
LMArena Coding14081445
Aider Polyglot79.6%—
LMArena WebDev—1214
WeirdML45.7%—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4: 32.3 (#68), Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4Grok 4.1
Cybench43%39%
Terminal-Bench27.2%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard63%—
GDPval21.1%—
DeepResearch Bench47.3%—
BALROG43.6%—
LMArena Search1142—
METR Time Horizons66.6%—

Reasoning Grok 4 leads

Grok 4: 36.7 (#65), Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4Grok 4.1
LMArena Hard Prompts14091435
ARC-AGI-216%—
SimpleBench60.5%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark73.6%—
ARC-AGI-166.7%—
Chess Puzzles28%—
Epoch Capabilities Index146.44—
ForecastBench60.9—

Math Grok 4 leads

Grok 4: 48.4 (#64), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4Grok 4.1
LMArena Math14221422
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202584%—
Omni-MATH60.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)19.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge Grok 4 leads

Grok 4: 53.8 (#55), Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4Grok 4.1
LMArena Expert14151417
GPQA Diamond87%—
MMLU-Pro85.1%—
Confabulations12.4%—
GPQA (HELM)72.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4: 33.7 (#94), Grok 4.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4Grok 4.1
LMArena Vision1210—
GeoBench45%—

Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4: 51.8 (#103), Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4Grok 4.1
LMArena Non-English14031425
LMArena Chinese14271465
LMArena French14181448
LMArena German14291446
LMArena Japanese13941397
LMArena Korean13771407
LMArena Russian14101434
LMArena Spanish14201438

Instruction Following Grok 4 leads

Grok 4: 79.2 (#5), Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4Grok 4.1
LMArena Instruction Following13871400
IFEval94.9%—

Long Context Grok 4 leads

Grok 4: 63.1 (#4), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4Grok 4.1
LMArena Longer Query14091416
Fiction.LiveBench94.4%—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4: 58.5 (#116), Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4Grok 4.1
LMArena Text14111437
LMArena Creative Writing13971411
LMArena Multi-Turn14161437
Short-Story Creative Writing76.9%—
WildBench79.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4 better than Grok 4.1?

Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4 or Grok 4.1 better for coding?

Grok 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.3 versus 33.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4 and Grok 4.1 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4 has 48 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.

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