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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 1 h ago · first seen 11 Sept 2026

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Overview

Identity

Canonical model
Yesidentity confidence: mediumOne 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
2
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 13 h agomedium

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

Source:xAI — docsT1observed 11 h agohigh

API model id

Source:xAI — docsT1observed 11 h agohigh

Openrouter id

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Architecture

Tokenizer

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Capabilities

Modalities

Modalities
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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 13 h agomedium

Max output

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Tokenizer

Source:OpenRouter public model & pricing listingT2observed 13 h agomedium

Benchmarks56

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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=v2.1 · evaluator=Artificial AnalysisIndependentevaluatorArtificial Analysisvariantv2.1reasoning_efforthighconditions differ across rows → partially comparable8non-primary groupobs. 12 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2
Terminal-Benchagentic · accuracy · variant=v4.0 · evaluator=Artificial AnalysisIndependentevaluatorArtificial Analysisvariantv4.0reasoning_efforthighconditions differ across rows → partially comparable8non-primary groupobs. 12 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 Analysisreasoning_efforthighconditions differ across rows → partially comparable8−6.60 ptvs Claude Fable 5.1obs. 12 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.aiT2
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexcomposite · indexIndependentreasoning_efforthighversion4.3conditions differ across rows → partially comparable8−8.96vs Claude Fable 5.1obs. 12 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 comparable8−15.1 ptvs Claude Fable 5.1obs. 12 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=Diamond · evaluator=Artificial AnalysisIndependentevaluatorArtificial AnalysisvariantDiamondreasoning_efforthighconditions differ across rows → partially comparable4non-primary groupobs. 12 Sept 2026artificialanalysis.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. 56 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 & Pricing3

All offers in the price terminal →
Provider deployments, cheapest output first
ProviderContextInput / 1MCached inOutput / 1MNative unitsStatusObservedSource
OpenRoutercheapest outputx-ai/grok-4.6500Kout 450K$0.50—active19 min agosince 12 Sept 2026openrouter.aiT2
xAI APIx-ai/grok-4.6500Kout 450K$0.50—active3 h agosince 11 Sept 2026openrouter.aiT2
xAI APIgrok-4.6500K$0.50long_context_input_per_mtok=4long_context_output_per_mtok=12long_context_cached_input_per_mtok=1active20 min agosince 11 Sept 2026docs.x.aiT1

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 2 providers

Output price history of Grok 4.6$0$2$4$6$8Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26xAI API: first observed → $6 · 11 Sept 2026OpenRouter: first observed → $6 · 12 Sept 2026
  • xAI API
  • OpenRouter
  • OpenRouterfirst observed $612 Sept 2026
  • xAI APIfirst observed $611 Sept 2026

Input price · USD / 1M tokens 2 providers

Input price history of Grok 4.6$0$0.50$1$1.5$2$2.5Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26Sept 26xAI API: first observed → $2 · 11 Sept 2026OpenRouter: first observed → $2 · 12 Sept 2026
  • xAI API
  • OpenRouter
  • OpenRouterfirst observed $212 Sept 2026
  • 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.

Timeline27

Full timeline →

Change history

Temporal, append-only claims: a new observation closes the previous claim instead of overwriting it. Rewind the record with the as-of picker.
1 claims · 1 propertiesShow all properties

Reasoning effort optionsreasoning_effort_options1

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

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

27

Source tiers

T1T28 / 19

Freshest observation

1 h ago

Conflicts

4 flagged

Source documents 5

Source documents
SourceDocumentTypeTierLast observedSnapshots
xAI — docsdocs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.6.md model_pageT1· Official20 min ago1
xAI — docsdocs.x.ai/developers/models model_docsT1· Official20 min ago9
OpenRouter public model & pricing listingopenrouter.ai/api/v1/models catalogueT2· Quality secondary19 min ago10
Artificial Analysisartificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models leaderboardT2· Quality secondary3 h ago2
LiveBenchlivebench.ai/table_2026_06_25.csv leaderboardT2· Quality secondary11 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 (70/100) measures how well AI Atlas knows this entity — completeness, primary-source ratio, freshness, conflicts — never how good the model is. Methodology →