Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Composer 2.5
64
Grok 4.20
69
Pick Grok 4.20 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Composer 2.5 only becomes the better choice if agentic is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Agentic
+22.2 difference
Composer 2.5
Grok 4.20
$0.5 / $2.5
$2 / $6
N/A
233 t/s
N/A
10.33s
200K
2M
Pick Grok 4.20 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Composer 2.5 only becomes the better choice if agentic is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Grok 4.20 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 69 to 64. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Grok 4.20 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.50 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens for Composer 2.5. That is roughly 2.4x on output cost alone. Grok 4.20 gives you the larger context window at 2M, compared with 200K for Composer 2.5.
Grok 4.20 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 69 to 64. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 69.3% and 47.1%.
Composer 2.5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.3 versus 47.1. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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