o1 vs Grok 4

Comparing 2 AI models · 6 benchmarks · OpenAI, xAI

Most Affordable
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Grok 4
$3.00/1M
Highest Intelligence
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Grok 4
87.7% GPQA
Best for Coding
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Grok 4
55.1 Coding Index
Price Difference
5.0x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

6 tests
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o1

0

No clear wins

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Grok 4

6
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • MATH 500
  • AIME 2025
Metric
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OpenAI
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Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $15.00/1M $3.00/1M
Output Cost $60.00/1M $15.00/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$26.25/1M $6.00/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
OpenAI xAI
Release Date Launch date
Dec 5, 2024 Jul 10, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
160.4 tok/s 37.2 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
12663ms 9172ms
Latency Time to first answer token
12663ms 9172ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
47.2 65.3
Coding Index Programming ability
38.6 55.1
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
92.7
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
74.7% 87.7%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
84.1% 86.6%
HLE Hard language evaluation
7.7% 23.9%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
67.9% 81.9%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
97.0% 99.0%
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
92.7%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
72.3% 94.3%
SciCode Scientific code generation
35.8% 45.7%
LCR Code review capability
68.0%
IFBench Instruction-following
53.7%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
62.6% 74.9%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
12.1% 37.6%

Key Takeaways

Grok 4 offers the best value at $3.00/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Grok 4 leads in reasoning capabilities with a 87.7% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

Grok 4 achieves a 55.1 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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o1

  • General-purpose AI
  • Versatile applications
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Grok 4

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development

Cost Calculator

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$0.00
per month
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$0.00
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Costs are estimates based on API pricing. Actual costs may vary based on caching, batch processing, and volume discounts.