xAI · AI model
Grok 4.6
xAI text model for coding, agentic tasks and knowledge work that preceded Grok 4.7. Text and image input, text output, 500K-token context and reasoning effort from low to xhigh; $2/$6 per 1M input/output tokens below 200K prompt tokens.
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Key specs
- Provider
- xAI
- Family
- Grok 4
- API identifier
- grok-4.6
- Availability
- Available
- Release date
- 2026-08-12
- License
- Proprietary
- Context window
- 500,000 tokens
- API access
- Yes
- Consumer app
- Unknown
Capabilities
Inputs
- Text input Yes
- Image input Yes JPG/JPEG or PNG, max 20 MiB per image, no limit on image count (models page)
- Audio input No Model page lists modalities as text and image input, text output
- Video input No Model page lists modalities as text and image input, text output
- File input Partial Documents (PDF, text, CSV, JSON, code, etc., max 512 MB per file) can be attached; the API then runs the server-side attachment_search tool over them (billed per invocation). The Files docs list this model among the agentic tool-calling models that file attachments require.
Outputs
- Text output Yes
- Image output No Text-only output per model page
- Audio output No Text-only output per model page
Features
- Reasoning Native Reasoning cannot be disabled; effort low/medium/high (default)/xhigh
- Tool calling Yes
- Web search Yes Server-side web_search tool ($5 per 1K calls). Not named on the model page; the Files docs list this model among the models that support agentic (server-side) tool calling.
"Unknown" means we have not verified this capability yet; it does not mean the model lacks it.
Pricing
Estimate your monthly cost →| Dimension | Tier | Price | Since | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input tokens | base | $2.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | API Pricing US regional endpoint (us.api.x.ai) billed at 1.1x; Priority Processing at 2x (pricing page). |
| ≥ 200K prompt tokens (≥ 200K input tokens) | $4.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | API Pricing Long-context rate: once a request's prompt reaches 200K tokens, all tokens in the request are billed at this rate (pricing page). | |
| Cached input tokens | base | $0.50 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | API Pricing |
| ≥ 200K prompt tokens (≥ 200K input tokens) | $1.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | API Pricing Long-context rate: once a request's prompt reaches 200K tokens, all tokens in the request are billed at this rate (pricing page). | |
| Output tokens | base | $6.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | API Pricing |
| ≥ 200K prompt tokens (≥ 200K input tokens) | $12.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | API Pricing Long-context rate: once a request's prompt reaches 200K tokens, all tokens in the request are billed at this rate (pricing page). | |
| Batch input tokens | base | $1.60 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | API Pricing Batch API: 20% off standard rates for this model (pricing page and model page); the discount also applies to cached and reasoning tokens. Model page: Batch API supported in us-east-1 and us-west-2. |
| ≥ 200K prompt tokens (≥ 200K input tokens) | $3.20 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | API Pricing Batch API: 20% off standard rates for this model (pricing page and model page); the discount also applies to cached and reasoning tokens. Model page: Batch API supported in us-east-1 and us-west-2. Long-context rate. | |
| Batch output tokens | base | $4.80 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | API Pricing Batch API: 20% off standard rates for this model (pricing page and model page); the discount also applies to cached and reasoning tokens. Model page: Batch API supported in us-east-1 and us-west-2. |
| ≥ 200K prompt tokens (≥ 200K input tokens) | $9.60 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | API Pricing Batch API: 20% off standard rates for this model (pricing page and model page); the discount also applies to cached and reasoning tokens. Model page: Batch API supported in us-east-1 and us-west-2. Long-context rate. |
Prices are shown in the currency the provider publishes; we never convert currencies.
Price history (10 entries)
| Dimension | Tier | Price | From | Until |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input tokens | base | $2.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Input tokens | ≥ 200K prompt tokens (≥ 200K input tokens) | $4.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Cached input tokens | base | $0.50 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Cached input tokens | ≥ 200K prompt tokens (≥ 200K input tokens) | $1.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Output tokens | base | $6.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Output tokens | ≥ 200K prompt tokens (≥ 200K input tokens) | $12.00 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | current |
| Batch input tokens | base | $1.60 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-25 | current |
| Batch input tokens | ≥ 200K prompt tokens (≥ 200K input tokens) | $3.20 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-25 | current |
| Batch output tokens | base | $4.80 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-25 | current |
| Batch output tokens | ≥ 200K prompt tokens (≥ 200K input tokens) | $9.60 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-25 | current |
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Setting | Score | Reported by | Measured | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE v1.1 % resolved (pass@1), higher is better | v1.1; high effort; mini-swe-agent | 65 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | DeepSWE leaderboard (Datacurve) |
| v1.1; high effort; mini-swe-agent harness | 65.9 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | Model Card: Grok 4.6 (Revision 2026-08-17) | |
| v1.1; low effort; mini-swe-agent | 42 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | DeepSWE leaderboard (Datacurve) | |
| v1.1; medium effort; mini-swe-agent | 67 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | DeepSWE leaderboard (Datacurve) | |
| v1.1; xhigh effort; mini-swe-agent | 67 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | DeepSWE leaderboard (Datacurve) | |
| v1.1; xhigh effort; mini-swe-agent harness | 67 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | Model Card: Grok 4.6 (Revision 2026-08-17) | |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2) accuracy %, higher is better | Tiers 1-3 v2; xhigh effort; Epoch-administered | 66 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2) leaderboard (Epoch AI) |
| GDPval-AA v2.1 Elo, higher is better | GDPval, version not stated; high effort | 1,605 Elo | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | Introducing Grok 4.7 |
| v2.1; high effort | 1,618 Elo | Third party | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis) | |
| v2.1; low effort | 1,409 Elo | Third party | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis) | |
| v2.1; medium effort | 1,613 Elo | Third party | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis) | |
| v2.1; xhigh effort | 1,647 Elo | Third party | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 | GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis) | |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 % tasks resolved, higher is better | high effort | 20.3 % | Self-reported | — | 2026-10-25 | Model Card: Grok 4.7 (Revision 2026-09-21) |
| high effort; Grok Build harness | 20.3 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-25 | Terminal-Bench 4.0 leaderboard (tbench.ai) | |
| Text Arena Arena score, higher is better | Overall; style control on; high effort | 1,456 | Third party | 2026-10-23 | 2026-10-25 | Text Arena leaderboard (Arena) |
The official leaderboard uses mini-swe-agent for all models and shows whole-number percentages with margins of about ±1 to ±6 points. Providers often report scores from their own scaffolds or effort settings; DeepSeek reports 65.5% to 74.2% for the same model depending on the scaffold. DeepSWE v1 scores are not comparable with v1.1. With only 113 tasks, small differences are within noise.
FrontierMath was developed with funding from OpenAI, which has exclusive access to a subset of the problems. Scores from v1 and from Tier 4 (a separate 43-problem expansion set) are not comparable with Tiers 1-3 (v2). The best models score about 94%, so the benchmark separates mid-size models better than it separates frontier models. Epoch's numbers come from its own harness (Python tool, 1M-token limit), which can differ from providers' internal setups. Margins are about ±1.4 to ±2.6 points.
Elo is a relative rating: values change as models are added and the scale is re-anchored, so always store the date a rating was read. For example, Anthropic's launch page gives 1846 for Claude Opus 5.5, while the leaderboard on 2026-10-12 shows 1866 (Max, Default Fallback). Earlier versions (Google cites "GDPVal-AA v2") are not comparable. Judging is done by an LLM, not by human experts. Anthropic models are listed with "Default Fallback", meaning refused steps are routed to a fallback model. AA-Briefcase and GDP.pdf are separate evaluations.
Scores depend heavily on the agent harness (for example Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build or mini-SWE-agent) and on the reasoning effort, so the same model appears several times on the leaderboard. Leaderboard rows are often submitted by the organisation that builds the agent. Providers' own runs can differ from the leaderboard: Anthropic reports 66.4% for Claude Opus 5.5 at max effort, while the leaderboard lists 64.8% ± 3.1%. Versions 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0 and Artificial Analysis' "Terminal-Bench Hard" use different task sets and are not comparable with 4.0. Margins are about ±3 points.
Scores measure voter preference, which can be influenced by answer style and length. The leaderboard offers a style-control adjustment, so record which view was used. Scores shift with every update, so a value is only meaningful together with its leaderboard date. Entries marked "Preliminary" or with few votes have wide confidence intervals. The same model can appear several times with different reasoning-effort suffixes (for example -high or -max). Category views (Coding, Math, Creative Writing and others) are different rankings from Overall.
One row per result, without rank numbers: each result was measured under its own setting (effort level, harness, tools, test version), as stated by the source, and scores compare only within the same setting. Self-reported results come from the provider and have not been reproduced independently.
Rankings
- #8 of 39 in Best AI for business as of 2026-10-26
- #16 of 26 in Best AI for students as of 2026-10-26
- #18 of 20 in Best AI for coding as of 2026-10-27
- #28 of 42 in Best AI API as of 2026-10-26
Derived from our published ranking snapshots; each ranking explains its criteria and weights.
Compare Grok 4.6
Guides
- AI token pricing explained: input, output, cached and batch rates
- Reasoning models explained: thinking modes, effort and cost
- Multimodal AI explained: image, audio, video and file inputs, and what they cost
- Context windows explained: limits, long-context pricing and recall
- How to choose an AI model: a practical decision framework
About Grok 4.6
Grok 4.6 was released on August 12, 2026 and, according to xAI's announcement, builds on Grok 4.5 with a focus on long-running agents and interactive and visual work. It always reasons, with effort configurable as low, medium, high (default) or xhigh. Its model card gives a pretraining data cutoff of January 2026 and states that xAI planned to add it to its consumer apps at a later date.
Strengths and weaknesses
Strengths
- Four configurable reasoning effort levels (low, medium, high, xhigh)
- 500K-token context window with text and image input
- Function calling and structured outputs supported
- Batch API supported at 20% off standard rates
- Also served on the US regional endpoint (1.1x token rates)
Weaknesses
- 500K-token context window, half the 1M of grok-4.3 and the grok-4.20 models
- Higher token prices than grok-4.3 and grok-4.20 ($2.00/$6.00 vs $1.25/$2.50 per 1M input/output tokens)
Sources
- Grok 4.6
- Release Notes
- Model Card: Grok 4.6 (Revision 2026-08-17)
- Files Overview
- Reasoning
- API Pricing
- Terminal-Bench
- Model Card: Grok 4.7 (Revision 2026-09-21)
- DeepSWE leaderboard (Datacurve)
- FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2) leaderboard (Epoch AI)
- GDPval-AA v2.1 Leaderboard (Artificial Analysis)
- Introducing Grok 4.7
- Text Arena leaderboard (Arena)
- Terminal-Bench 4.0 leaderboard (tbench.ai)
Last verified Page updated 2026-10-27