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Grok 4.6 is xAI’s proprietary AI model, released Aug 12, 2026. It costs $2/M input and $6/M output tokens, and handles a 500K-token context window. Its strongest use case is agentic & tools, where it ranks in the 91st percentile of the models Model Beat tracks.

Grok 4.6 is a model from SpaceXAI with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM. It is succeeded by [Grok 4.7](/x-ai/grok-4.7).

Context
500K
Input
$2 / 1M
Output
$6 / 1M
Released
Aug 12, 2026
Modalities
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Strongest atAgentic & Tools top 9%Math top 13%Coding top 14%

Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where Grok 4.6 lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

83.0
Intelligence Index
Epoch AI
83rd percentile of tracked models
86.0
Coding Index
Epoch AI
86th percentile of tracked models
91.0
Agentic Index
Epoch AI
91st percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

7 evals
ARC-AGI87.5%

Abstract visual reasoning

ARC-AGI-267.1%

Harder abstract reasoning

GPQA Diamond94.0%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam42.9%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

SimpleBench75.9%

Common-sense trick questions

SimpleQA Verified49.3%

Factual accuracy & hallucination

WeirdML67.3%

Novel ML problem-solving

Coding

2 evals
SciCode56.5%

Scientific research coding

WebDev Arena1618

Human-rated web development

Math

1 evals
AIME 2024/202599.2%

Olympiad-qualifier math

Agentic & Tools

1 evals
APEX65.3%

Multi-step agentic tasks

In the news

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Changelog

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  • Grok 4.6: reported APEX score rose from 41.2% to 65.3% (+58%)benchmark · Sep 22, 2026
  • Grok 4.6: reported SciCode score rose from 53.6% to 56.5% (+5%)benchmark · Sep 5, 2026
  • Grok 4.6: reported SimpleQA Verified score fell from 54.4% to 49.3% (-9%)benchmark · Aug 28, 2026
  • Grok 4.6 (SpaceXAI) added to the tracker: $2/$6 per 1M, 500K context.tracked · Aug 12, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

What is Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is a model from SpaceXAI with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM. It is succeeded by [Grok 4.7](/x-ai/grok-4.7).

Who created Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is an AI model developed by xAI, part of the Grok family, released Aug 12, 2026.

How much does Grok 4.6 cost?

Grok 4.6's list price from xAI is $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens.

What is Grok 4.6's context window?

Grok 4.6 supports a context window of up to 500K tokens.

How does Grok 4.6 perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, Grok 4.6 scores 94.0% on GPQA Diamond, 65.3% on APEX, 99.2% on AIME 2024/2025.

Is Grok 4.6 open source?

Grok 4.6 is a proprietary model (API access), available through its provider's API rather than as a downloadable open-weight model.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Oct 6, 2026.