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Grok 4.5 vs Inkling

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 3 shared benchmark results across 2 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

76.97/100
Margin
8.0pts
← winning
Thinking Machines Lab
69/100
1 category wins1 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Grok 4.5 unranked; Inkling #17

BenchAlign evidence: Grok 4.5 supported; Inkling not scored. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Grok 4.5 and Inkling share 3 comparable benchmark results. 2 of 8 categories are comparable. 24 results are unique to Grok 4.5; 13 to Inkling.

Updated July 15, 2026
Shared results
3
Grok 4.5 only
24
Inkling only
13
Comparable categories
2 / 8

Pick Grok 4.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Inkling only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 3 shared benchmark results across 2 evidence categories; 2 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Grok 4.5 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 80 to 69. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Grok 4.5's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 83.3 against 69.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 83.3% to 63.8%. Inkling does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Grok 4.5 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $1.87 input / $4.68 output per 1M tokens for Inkling. Grok 4.5 is the reasoning model in the pair, while Inkling is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Inkling gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 500K for Grok 4.5.

Category breakdown

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

Category scores and score margins for Grok 4.5 and Inkling
CategoryGrok 4.5ΔInkling
AgenticGrok 4.583.3Margin 13.9Inkling69.4
CodingGrok 4.564.7Margin 3.9Inkling68.6
KnowledgeGrok 4.5Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling51.7
MathGrok 4.5Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling97.1
MultimodalGrok 4.5Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling76.5
Inst. FollowingGrok 4.5Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling79.8

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Grok 4.5B · Inkling
  1. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 83.3%B 63.8%
    Winner: Grok 4.5Δ 19.5
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: Grok 4.5 scored 83.3%; Inkling scored 63.8%. Grok 4.5 wins this benchmark.
  2. SWE-bench Pro

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 64.7%B 54.3%
    Winner: Grok 4.5Δ 10.4
    SWE-bench Pro: Grok 4.5 scored 64.7%; Inkling scored 54.3%. Grok 4.5 wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

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

MetricGrok 4.5InklingComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok 4.5$2 input / $6 outputInkling$1.87 input / $4.68 outputInkling has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok 4.5Not availableInklingNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok 4.5Not availableInklingNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok 4.5500KInkling1MInkling lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticGrok 4.5 wins
BenchmarkGrok 4.5InklingResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 83.3%63.8%Grok 4.5 leads
deepSweSource 53%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 45.7%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 51.9%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1539Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 1324Not comparable
AA AutomationBenchSource 51.4%Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 40.8%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 13.3%Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 32.6%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 77.1%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 74.1%Not comparable
Design Arena Agentic Web DevSource 1258Not comparable
CodingInkling wins
BenchmarkGrok 4.5InklingResult
SWE-bench ProSource 64.7%54.3%Grok 4.5 leads
SWE MultilingualSource 78%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 83.3%63.8%Grok 4.5 leads
cursorBench32Source 66.7%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 72.5%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 54.1%Not comparable
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Source 81.6%Not comparable
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 77.6%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok 4.5InklingResult
AA-LCRSource 67.7%Not comparable
CritPtSource 15.4%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkGrok 4.5InklingResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 53.8%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 93.1%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 40.3%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 26.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 52.1%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 53.5%Not comparable
GPQASource 87.9%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 87.9%Not comparable
HLESource 46%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 30%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGrok 4.5InklingResult
AIME26Source 97.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGrok 4.5InklingResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 80.4%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1329Not comparable
MMMU-ProSource 73.5%Not comparable
CharXivSource 82%Not comparable
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 78.1%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGrok 4.5InklingResult
IFBenchSource 79.8%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, Grok 4.5 or Inkling?

Grok 4.5 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 80 to 69. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 83.3% and 63.8%.

Which is better for coding, Grok 4.5 or Inkling?

Inkling has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 68.6 versus 64.7. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Grok 4.5 or Inkling?

Grok 4.5 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.3 versus 69.4. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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Last updated: July 15, 2026

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