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Grok 4.6
6 is SpaceXAI's frontier model built for coding, agentic tasks, and knowledge work.
Updated Aug 17, 2026. Default version: Grok 4.6
LLMBoard Score78.7Grok 4.6
Coverage20%7 benchmark families
Context window500KTokens
Official input price$2xAI API
Grok 4.6 Capability Profile
This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.
Grok 4.6 Benchmark Results
Benchmark scores for Grok 4.6.
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Benchmark | Score | Rank | Participants | Percentile | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| BenchmarkAA-Briefcase | Score1,577 points | Rank01 | Participants3 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAPEX-Agents | Score57.5% | Rank01 | Participants8 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAPEX-SWE | Score56.4% | Rank01 | Participants1 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkCursorBench v3.2 | Score69.9% | Rank01 | Participants1 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkFrontierCode | Score61.3% | Rank01 | Participants4 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkHarvey LAB (Vals) | Score15.8% | Rank01 | Participants1 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkGDPval-AA | Score1,753 points | Rank02 | Participants4 | Percentile66.7% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTerminal-Bench 3.0 | Score26.0% | Rank02 | Participants3 | Percentile50.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAA-Index | Score61.0% | Rank03 | Participants4 | Percentile33.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkDeepSWE 1.1 | Score65.9% | Rank09 | Participants25 | Percentile66.7% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
Grok 4.6 Arena Results
Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.
No Arena results
The default version does not have a matching Arena result yet.
Grok 4.6 Pricing
Official vendor API pricing appears first, followed by individual provider offers.
- Official API
- $2 input, $6 output per 1M
- Official provider
- xAI
- Lowest third-party
- From $1.5 input, $4.5 output per 1M via Merge Gateway
- Tracked offerings
- 15
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Provider | Provider model ID | Region | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Updated |
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| ProviderMerge Gateway | Provider model IDxai/grok-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$1.5 | Output / 1M$4.5 | Context500K | Updated |
| ProviderNanoGPT | Provider model IDx-ai/grok-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2 | Output / 1M$6 | Context500K | Updated |
| ProviderOpenRouter | Provider model IDx-ai/grok-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2 | Output / 1M$6 | Context500K | Updated |
| ProviderCrossModel | Provider model IDx-ai/grok-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2 | Output / 1M$6 | Context500K | Updated |
| ProviderxAI | Provider model IDgrok-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2 | Output / 1M$6 | Context500K | Updated |
| ProviderPerplexity Agent | Provider model IDxai/grok-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2 | Output / 1M$6 | Context500K | Updated |
| ProviderOpenCode Zen | Provider model IDgrok-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2 | Output / 1M$6 | Context500K | Updated |
| ProviderVercel AI Gateway | Provider model IDxai/grok-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2 | Output / 1M$6 | Context500K | Updated |
| ProviderEden AI | Provider model IDxai/grok-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2 | Output / 1M$6 | Context500K | Updated |
| ProviderEden AI | Provider model IDxai/grok-latest | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2 | Output / 1M$6 | Context500K | Updated |
| ProviderLLM Gateway | Provider model IDgrok-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2 | Output / 1M$6 | Context500K | Updated |
| ProviderGitHub Copilot | Provider model IDgrok-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2 | Output / 1M$6 | Context500K | Updated |
| ProviderKilo Gateway | Provider model IDx-ai/grok-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2 | Output / 1M$6 | Context500K | Updated |
| ProviderAbacus | Provider model IDgrok-4.6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2 | Output / 1M$6 | Context500K | Updated |
| ProviderVenice AI | Provider model IDgrok-4-6 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$2.27 | Output / 1M$6.8 | Context500K | Updated |
Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.
Grok 4.6 Runtime Performance
Provider-specific output speed and catalog latency for Grok 4.6. Runtime does not affect the capability score.
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Provider | Output Speed | Catalog Latency | Max Input | Max Output | Updated |
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| ProviderxAI | Output Speed4.688 tok/s | Catalog Latency7.024 s | Max Input500K | Max OutputN/A | Updated |
Output Speed is generated output tokens received per second. Catalog latency is reported separately from observed provider TTFT.
Grok 4.6 Specifications
Technical details for the model's default version.
- Version
- Grok 4.6
- Released
- Aug 12, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- Feb 1, 2026
- Parameters
- N/A
- Context window
- 500K
- Max output
- 500K
- Inputs
- image, text
- Outputs
- text
- Open weights
- No
- License
- Proprietary
Grok 4.6 Versions
Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.
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Version | Released | LLMBoard | Parameters | Context | Max output | Open weights | License |
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| VersionGrok 4.6 | Released | LLMBoard78.7 | ParametersN/A | Context500K | Max output500K | Open weightsNo | LicenseProprietary |
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What is Grok 4.6?
Key information about Grok 4.6 and its available data.
6 is SpaceXAI's frontier model built for coding, agentic tasks, and knowledge work. 5 with a particular focus on long-running agents and more ambitious interactive and visual work. The model supports text and image inputs, reasoning, function calling, structured outputs, and a 500K-token context window.
Data as of 2026-08-17.
FAQ
Common questions about Grok 4.6.
When was Grok 4.6 released?
Grok 4.6's default version was released on Aug 12, 2026.
How much does Grok 4.6 cost?
Grok 4.6's official API price is $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens via xAI. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $1.5 input and $4.5 output via Merge Gateway.
Who created Grok 4.6?
Grok 4.6 was created by xAI.
What is the context window for Grok 4.6?
The default version has a 500K token context window.
Is Grok 4.6 open weight?
No. The default version is not marked as having publicly available weights.
How many API providers offer Grok 4.6?
15 provider offerings are linked to the default version.
What models should I compare Grok 4.6 with?
Nearby ranked alternatives include Grok 4.5, GLM 5.2, Claude Opus 4.6.