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Grok 4.20 vs o1

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 0 shared benchmark results across 0 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

No sourced benchmark result is currently shared by both models. This page therefore compares only the available metadata, pricing, and runtime rows; it does not name a quality winner.
53.88/100
Margin
6.8pts
← winning
OpenAI
47.11/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Grok 4.20 #93 (Estimated); o1 #136 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Grok 4.20 and o1 share 0 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 19 results are unique to Grok 4.20; 16 to o1.

Updated July 28, 2026
Shared results
0
Grok 4.20 only
19
o1 only
16
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Grok 4.20 and o1 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 0 shared benchmark results across 0 evidence categories; 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 is priced at $15.00 input / $60.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens for Grok 4.20. Grok 4.20 has the larger context window at 2M, compared with 200K for o1.

Operational comparison

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

MetricGrok 4.20o1Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok 4.20$2 input / $6 outputo1$15 input / $60 outputGrok 4.20 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok 4.20233 tok/so198 tok/sGrok 4.20 has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok 4.2010.33 so132.29 sGrok 4.20 reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok 4.202Mo1200KGrok 4.20 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGrok 4.20o1Result
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 47.1%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 62.8%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 38.36%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 62.6%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGrok 4.20o1Result
LiveCodeBench ProSource 74.2%Not comparable
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 76.7%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 51.8%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 4.06%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 39.7%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 35.8%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok 4.20o1Result
ARC-AGI-2Source 53.3%Not comparable
ARC-AGI-3Source 0.1%Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 59.3%Not comparable
CritPtSource 0.3%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkGrok 4.20o1Result
GPQA-DSource 88.5%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 31.6%Not comparable
HealthBench HardSource 20.3%Not comparable
MedXpertQA (Text)Source 50.2%Not comparable
MMLUSource 91.8%Not comparable
GPQASource 75.7%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 23.4%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 74.7%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 7.7%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -10.5%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 34.7%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 69.3%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGrok 4.20o1Result
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 9.310%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGrok 4.20o1Result
MMMU-ProSource 75.2%Not comparable
CharXivSource 60.9%Not comparable
ERQASource 54.1%Not comparable
SimpleVQASource 57.4%Not comparable
MedXpertQA (MM)Source 65.8%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1252Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGrok 4.20o1Result
IFEvalSource 92.2%Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource 70.3%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Grok 4.20 and o1 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 4.20 and o1 today?

Grok 4.20: $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens o1: $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 28, 2026

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