Grok 4.1 Fast vs DBRX Instruct

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Grok 4.1 Fast is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 83 to 32. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Grok 4.1 Fast's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 77.5 against 73.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 94 to 73.7. DBRX Instruct does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Grok 4.1 Fast gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 32K for DBRX Instruct.

Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.1 Fast if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DBRX Instruct only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Knowledge

Grok 4.1 Fast

Grok 4.1 Fast

77.5

DBRX Instruct

73.7

94
MMLU
73.7
92
GPQA
-
90
SuperGPQA
-
88
OpenBookQA
-
81
MMLU-Pro
-
20
HLE
-

Coding

DBRX Instruct

Grok 4.1 Fast

69.3

DBRX Instruct

70.1

86
HumanEval
70.1
68
SWE-bench Verified
-
54
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Grok 4.1 Fast
96
AIME 2023
-
98
AIME 2024
-
97
AIME 2025
-
92
HMMT Feb 2023
-
94
HMMT Feb 2024
-
93
HMMT Feb 2025
-
95
BRUMO 2025
-
89
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Grok 4.1 Fast
90
SimpleQA
-
88
MuSR
-
87
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Grok 4.1 Fast
90
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Grok 4.1 Fast
88
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Grok 4.1 Fast or DBRX Instruct?

Grok 4.1 Fast is ahead overall, 83 to 32. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 94 and 73.7.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Grok 4.1 Fast or DBRX Instruct?

Grok 4.1 Fast has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 77.5 versus 73.7. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Grok 4.1 Fast or DBRX Instruct?

DBRX Instruct has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 70.1 versus 69.3. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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