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Grok 4.6

xAIfamily · Grok 4.6docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.6

Grok 4.6 is SpaceXAI's smartest model with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM.

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Updated 2 h ago · first seen 11 Sept 2026

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Overview

Identity

Canonical model
Yesidentity confidence: highOne row per real model release. Artifacts (checkpoints, quantisations, conversions) and folded evaluation variants point here.
Official checkpoints
None recorded — closed weightsofficial_checkpoints = hf_repo identifiers carried by the model itself; artifacts are separate entities pointing here through canonical_id.
Artifacts
None recordedSeparate entities (checkpoint · quantization · conversion · packaging) pointing to this model through canonical_id.
Provider deployments
1
API aliases
grok-4-6grok-4-6-lowgrok-4-6-mediumgrok-4-6-xhighgrok-4.6x-ai/grok-4.6Identifiers under which providers and evaluators refer to this model.
Folded evaluation variants
3Effort / thinking variants (…-high, …-non-reasoning) are result configurations of this model, not separate models. Their old URLs redirect here.

Openness

Closed / proprietary— weights not available; 7 dimensions unknown.

Weights are not available; the model is reachable only through an API or a product.

  • Weights

    No

  • Inference code

    —

  • Training code

    —

  • Training data

    —

  • Dataset

    —

  • Commercial use

    —

  • Redistribution

    —

  • Derivatives

    —

dimensions marked null are unknown, not false

Key facts

Release date

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 12 h agomedium

Official page
docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.6

Source:xAI — docsT1observed 10 h agohigh

API model id

Source:xAI — docsT1observed 10 h agohigh

Openrouter id

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 12 h agomedium

Architecture

Tokenizer

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 12 h agomedium

Capabilities

Modalities

Modalities
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Input
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Output
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Capabilities

  • Tool calling

    Yes

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Structured output

    Yes

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Reasoning

    Yes

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Vision

    Yes

    OpenRouter public model & pricing listing · T2

  • Audio

    Unavailable

  • Fine-tuning available

    Unavailable

Context window

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 12 h agomedium

Max output

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 12 h agomedium

Tokenizer

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 12 h agomedium

Benchmarks32

Compare with another model →

Comparable same task and conditions · Partially comparable same task, conditions differ (effort, temperature, judge) · Not comparable different variant or metric

Benchmark results grouped by comparability group
Benchmark · groupBest scoreTrustConfigurationResultsvs leaderEvaluatedSource
Terminal-Benchagentic · accuracy · variant=v4.0 · evaluator=Artificial AnalysisIndependentevaluatorArtificial Analysisvariantv4.04non-primary groupobs. 11 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2
Terminal-Benchagentic · accuracy · variant=v2.1 · evaluator=Artificial AnalysisIndependentevaluatorArtificial Analysisvariantv2.14non-primary groupobs. 11 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2
LiveBench Agentic Codingcoding · average score · variant=Agentic CodingOfficial boardvariantAgentic Codingrelease2026-06-251−20.3 ptvs DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash25 Jun 2026livebench.aiT2
LiveBench Codingcoding · average score · variant=CodingOfficial boardvariantCodingrelease2026-06-251−9.60 ptvs Claude Fable 5.125 Jun 2026livebench.aiT2
SciCodecoding · accuracy · evaluator=Artificial AnalysisIndependentevaluatorArtificial Analysis4−6.60 ptvs Claude Fable 5.1obs. 11 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexcomposite · indexIndependentversion4.34−8.96vs Claude Fable 5.1obs. 11 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2
LiveBenchgeneral · global_averageOfficial boardrelease2026-06-251−5.37 ptvs Claude Fable 5.125 Jun 2026livebench.aiT2
LiveBench Data Analysisgeneral · average score · variant=Data AnalysisOfficial boardvariantData Analysisrelease2026-06-251−9.12 ptvs gpt-6-astra25 Jun 2026livebench.aiT2
LiveBench Languagegeneral · average score · variant=LanguageOfficial boardvariantLanguagerelease2026-06-251−6.99 ptvs Claude Fable 525 Jun 2026livebench.aiT2
LiveBench Instruction Followinginstruction-following · average score · variant=IFOfficial boardvariantIFrelease2026-06-251−9.55 ptvs Gemini 3.8 Flash25 Jun 2026livebench.aiT2
Humanity's Last Examknowledge · accuracy · evaluator=Artificial AnalysisIndependentevaluatorArtificial Analysisreasoning_effortxhighconditions differ across rows → partially comparable4−15.1 ptvs Claude Fable 5.1obs. 11 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2
LiveBench Mathematicsmath · average score · variant=MathematicsOfficial boardvariantMathematicsrelease2026-06-251−4.44 ptvs Claude Fable 5.125 Jun 2026livebench.aiT2
GPQA Diamondreasoning · accuracy · variant=GPQA Diamond · evaluator=Artificial AnalysisIndependentevaluatorArtificial AnalysisvariantGPQA Diamond4−1.31 ptvs gpt-6-astraobs. 11 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2
LiveBench Reasoningreasoning · average score · variant=ReasoningOfficial boardvariantReasoningrelease2026-06-251−2.14 ptvs gpt-6-astra25 Jun 2026livebench.aiT2

Current rows only, grouped by benchmark → canonical metric → comparability group (task configuration). Effort variants folded into this model appear as rows of the same group. 32 current rows in total. “vs leader” compares with the current leader of the benchmark's primary group only; other groups are not directly comparable. Comparability rules →

Providers & Pricing2

All offers in the price terminal →
Provider deployments, cheapest output first
ProviderContextInput / 1MCached inOutput / 1MNative unitsStatusObservedSource
xAI APIcheapest outputgrok-4.6500K$0.50long_context_input_per_mtok=4long_context_output_per_mtok=12long_context_cached_input_per_mtok=1active3 h agosince 11 Sept 2026docs.x.aiT1
xAI APIx-ai/grok-4.6500Kout 450K$0.50—active3 h agosince 11 Sept 2026openrouter.aiT2

USD per 1M tokens as published by each provider; native units (per-request fees, flex/priority tiers) are kept verbatim. Rows are append-only — every price change is kept in the history below. Cost of a workload →

Price history

Step lines per provider; amber markers are recorded changes. Click a marker or a row for the evidence behind that price.

Output price · USD / 1M tokens 1 provider

Output price history of Grok 4.6$0$2$4$6$8Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26xAI API: first observed → $6 · 11 Sept 2026
  • xAI API
  • xAI APIfirst observed $611 Sept 2026

Input price · USD / 1M tokens 1 provider

Input price history of Grok 4.6$0$0.50$1$1.5$2$2.5Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26xAI API: first observed → $2 · 11 Sept 2026
  • xAI API
  • xAI APIfirst observed $211 Sept 2026

Versions & Artifacts0

Version history

Context windowfirst observation only

11 Sept 2026current

Max outputfirst observation only

11 Sept 2026current

Opennessfirst observation only

11 Sept 2026current

Each hop is a claim: click a value for its source, tier and observation time. Nothing is overwritten — a new observation closes the previous claim.

Artifacts 0

No artifact (checkpoint, quantisation, conversion or packaging) points to this model yet.

Change history27

Temporal, append-only claims: a new observation closes the previous claim instead of overwriting it. Rewind the record with the as-of picker.

Viewing AI Atlas as of 12 Aug 2026 — attributes exactly as the atlas knew them on that day; later corrections are not shown.

Back to today →

Grok 4.6 was not yet in AI Atlas on 12 Aug 2026

First seen 11 Sept 2026. Nothing is inferred backwards: no attribute is shown for dates before the first observation.
27 claims · 24 properties2 conflicting

Familyfamily1

Claim history for Family
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
Grok → currentcurrentxAI — docsT1highdeterministic

Release daterelease_date1

Claim history for Release date
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
12 Aug 2026 → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Opennessopenness1

Claim history for Openness
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
proprietary → currentcurrentArtificial AnalysisT2mediumdeterministic

Context windowcontext_length1

Claim history for Context window
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
500K tokens → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Max outputmax_output_tokens1

Claim history for Max output
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
450K tokens → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Modalitiesmodalities1

Claim history for Modalities
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
image, text → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Input modalitiesmodalities_input4conflicting claims

Claim history for Input modalities
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
image, text → currentconflictingOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic
image, text → currentconflictingOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic
text, image → currentcurrentxAI — docsT1conflicteddeterministic
image, text → supersededOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Output modalitiesmodalities_output1

Claim history for Output modalities
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
text → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Tokenizertokenizer1

Claim history for Tokenizer
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
Grok → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

API model idapi_model_id1

Claim history for API model id
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
grok-4.6 → currentcurrentxAI — docsT1highdeterministic

Official pageofficial_url1

Claim history for Official page
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
https://docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.6 → currentcurrentxAI — docsT1highdeterministic

Batch apibatch_api1

Claim history for Batch api
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
No → currentcurrentxAI — docsT1highdeterministic

Descriptiondescription1

Claim history for Description
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
Grok 4.6 is SpaceXAI's smartest model with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM. → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

File inputfile_input1

Claim history for File input
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Aa median output tokens per secondmetric.aa_median_output_tokens_per_second1

Claim history for Aa median output tokens per second
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
55.4 → currentcurrentArtificial AnalysisT2mediumdeterministic

Openrouter idopenrouter_id1

Claim history for Openrouter id
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
x-ai/grok-4.6 → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Openrouter listed atopenrouter_listed_at1

Claim history for Openrouter listed at
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
12 Aug 2026 → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Reasoningreasoning1

Claim history for Reasoning
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Reasoning effort optionsreasoning_effort_options1

Claim history for Reasoning effort options
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
low, medium, high, xhigh → currentcurrentxAI — docsT1highdeterministic

Regionsregions1

Claim history for Regions
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
us-central-1, us-east-1, us-west-2 → currentcurrentxAI — docsT1highdeterministic

Structured outputstructured_output1

Claim history for Structured output
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Supported parameterssupported_parameters1

Claim history for Supported parameters
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
include_reasoning, logprobs, max_tokens, reasoning, reasoning_effort, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Tool callingtool_calling1

Claim history for Tool calling
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Visionvision1

Claim history for Vision
ValueValid from → toStatusSourceConfidenceExtractor
Yes → currentcurrentOpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2mediumdeterministic

Claims are temporal and append-only: a new observation closes the previous claim (valid_to) instead of overwriting it. Conflicting claims from different sources are kept side by side and flagged — never averaged. Methodology →

Provenance

Attributed facts

25

Source tiers

T1T27 / 18

Freshest observation

2 h ago

Conflicts

2 flagged

Source documents 5

Source documents
SourceDocumentTypeTierLast observedSnapshots
xAI — docsdocs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.6.md model_pageT1· Official3 h ago1
xAI — docsdocs.x.ai/developers/models model_docsT1· Official3 h ago6
OpenRouter public model & pricing listingopenrouter.ai/api/v1/models catalogueT2· Quality secondary3 h ago7
LiveBenchlivebench.ai/table_2026_06_25.csv leaderboardT2· Quality secondary10 h ago1
Artificial Analysisartificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models leaderboardT2· Quality secondary10 h ago1

Tier 1 = official/primary, 2 = quality secondary, 3 = community, 4 = unverified. Every snapshot is archived; see all sources and the methodology.

Data quality (69/100) measures how well AI Atlas knows this entity — completeness, primary-source ratio, freshness, conflicts — never how good the model is. Methodology →