Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) vs Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)

Comparing 2 AI models · 5 benchmarks · xAI

Most Affordable
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Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning)
$0.20/1M
Highest Intelligence
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Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)
85.3% GPQA
Best for Coding
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Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)
49.7 Coding Index
Price Difference
1.0x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

5 tests
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Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning)

2
  • LiveCodeBench
  • AIME 2025
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Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)

3
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
Metric
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Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.20/1M $0.20/1M
Output Cost $0.50/1M $0.50/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$0.28/1M $0.28/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
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Release Date Launch date
Sep 19, 2025 Nov 19, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
176.3 tok/s 69.0 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
3818ms 16962ms
Latency Time to first answer token
3818ms 16962ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
60.3 64.1
Coding Index Programming ability
48.4 49.7
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
89.7 89.3
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
84.7% 85.3%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
85.0% 85.4%
HLE Hard language evaluation
17.0% 17.6%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
83.2% 82.2%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
89.7% 89.3%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
SciCode Scientific code generation
44.2% 44.2%
LCR Code review capability
64.7% 68.0%
IFBench Instruction-following
50.5% 52.7%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
65.8% 93.3%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
17.7% 22.7%

Key Takeaways

Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) offers the best value at $0.20/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads in reasoning capabilities with a 85.3% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) achieves a 49.7 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning)

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
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Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)

  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development

Cost Calculator

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$0.00
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$0.00
per month

Costs are estimates based on API pricing. Actual costs may vary based on caching, batch processing, and volume discounts.