All xAI Grok models ranked by benchmark performance.
Unless noted otherwise, ranking surfaces on this page use BenchLM's provisional leaderboard lane rather than the stricter sourced-only verified leaderboard.
Bottom line: Grok 4.1 is xAI's best — strong on multimodal (98) and knowledge (95) with perfect multilingual. Grok 4.20 adds stronger coding and instruction following.
According to BenchLM.ai, Grok 4.1 leads this ranking with a score of 80, followed by Grok 4.20 (77) and Grok 4.1 Fast (72). There is meaningful separation between the top models, suggesting genuine performance differences.
All models in this ranking are proprietary. No open-weight alternatives are available for this category.
This ranking is based on provisional overall weighted scores across BenchLM.ai's scoring formula tracked by BenchLM.ai. For detailed model profiles, click any model name below. To compare two specific models head-to-head, use the "vs #" links.
Grok 4.1
xAI · 1M
Best xAI model. Perfect multilingual, strong multimodal and knowledge.
Grok 4.20
xAI · 2M
Reasoning variant. Leads instruction following and coding.
Grok 4.1 Fast
xAI · 1M
Speed-optimized. Strong math and reasoning at lower latency.
Grok 4.1 leads xAI's lineup with perfect multilingual and strong multimodal (98).
Grok 4.20 reasoning variant — leads instruction following (98) and coding (80).
Grok 4.1 Fast speed-optimized with strong math (94) and reasoning (89).
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The top model is Grok 4.1 by xAI with a provisional score of 80.
6 models are included in this ranking.
Models are ranked by the same overall BenchLM score used across all leaderboards. Comparing within xAI's lineup helps identify which model fits your use case and budget.
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