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Grok 4.1 Fast vs o1-preview

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 1 shared benchmark result across 1 category. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

51.25/100
Margin
2.1pts
← winning
49.11/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Grok 4.1 Fast #107 (Supported); o1-preview #123 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Grok 4.1 Fast and o1-preview share 1 comparable benchmark result. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 12 results are unique to Grok 4.1 Fast; 1 to o1-preview.

Updated July 20, 2026
Shared results
1
Grok 4.1 Fast only
12
o1-preview only
1
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Grok 4.1 Fast and o1-preview is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 1 shared benchmark result across 1 evidence category; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

o1-preview is priced at $15.00 input / $60.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.20 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens for Grok 4.1 Fast. Grok 4.1 Fast has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for o1-preview.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGrok 4.1 Fasto1-previewComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok 4.1 Fast$0.2 input / $0.5 outputo1-preview$15 input / $60 outputGrok 4.1 Fast has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok 4.1 Fast138 tok/so1-previewNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok 4.1 Fast0.54 so1-previewNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok 4.1 Fast1Mo1-preview200KGrok 4.1 Fast lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 Fasto1-previewResult
τ²-bench resultsSource 63.7%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 47.32%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 Fasto1-previewResult
AA-SciCodeSource 29.6%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 34.0%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 Fasto1-previewResult
AA-LCRSource 22.0%Not comparable
CritPtSource 0.0%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 Fasto1-previewResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 16.9%17.0%o1-preview leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 63.7%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 5.0%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -50.9%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 17.0%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 81.8%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 Fasto1-previewResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 48.4%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 Fasto1-previewResult
AA-IFBenchSource 36.5%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Grok 4.1 Fast and o1-preview on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Grok 4.1 Fast and o1-preview today?

Grok 4.1 Fast: $0.20 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens o1-preview: $15.00 input / $60.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 20, 2026

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