Compare / head-to-head
GPT-5 minivsGrok 4.6
Grok 4.6 leads 5 of 5 shared benchmarks. GPT-5 mini is 3.6x cheaper per token. Grok 4.6 has the larger context window (500K tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 5
Grok 4.6 leads
Cheaper per token
GPT-5 mini
3.6x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Grok 4.6
500K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
95.1662% · —
OpenAI · xAI
GPT-5 mini
OpenAI · released 2025-08-07
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
5 shared · 3 only GPT-5 mini · 10 only Grok 4.6| Benchmark | GPT-5 mini | Grok 4.6 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 5 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 81.6% ↗ | 94% ↗epoch | -12.4 pt | Grok 4.6 |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 12.2% ↗epoch | 31.7% ↗epoch | -19.5 pt | Grok 4.6 |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 46.7% ↗epoch | 66% ↗epoch | -19.3 pt | Grok 4.6 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 86.7% ↗epoch | 99.2% ↗epoch | -12.5 pt | Grok 4.6 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 21.6% ↗epoch | 49.3% ↗epoch | -27.7 pt | Grok 4.6 |
| Only GPT-5 mini reports · 3 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 71% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | 87.5% ↗matharena ⚠ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 64.7% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only Grok 4.6 reports · 10 | ||||
| AA-Briefcase | not reported | 1577 ↗ | — | — |
| APEX-Agents | not reported | 57.5% ↗ | — | — |
| APEX-SWE | not reported | 56.4% ↗ | — | — |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | not reported | 61 ↗ | — | — |
| CursorBench 3.2 | not reported | 69.9% ↗ | — | — |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | not reported | 65.9% ↗ | — | — |
| FrontierCode v1.1 (Extended) | not reported | 61.3% ↗ | — | — |
| GDPVal-AA v2 | not reported | 1753 ↗ | — | — |
| Harvey LAB (Vals) | not reported | 15.8% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | not reported | 26% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GPT-5 mini minus Grok 4.6 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | GPT-5 mini | Grok 4.6 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 400K tokens | 500K tokens | Grok 4.6 |
| Max output | 128K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.25 ↗ | $2 ↗ | GPT-5 mini |
| Output price / 1M | $2 ↗ | $6 ↗ | GPT-5 mini |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.025 ↗ | $0.5 ↗ | GPT-5 mini |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $2.25 | $8 | GPT-5 mini |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2025-08-07 | 2026-08-12 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 9 | 15 | — |
Reliability
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