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Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) vs Inkling

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 10 shared benchmark results across 4 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Margin
15.5pts
winning →
Thinking Machines Lab
72/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) unranked; Inkling #17

BenchAlign evidence: Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) supported; Inkling not scored. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) and Inkling share 10 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 4 results are unique to Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning); 22 to Inkling.

Updated July 16, 2026
Shared results
10
Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) only
4
Inkling only
22
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) and Inkling is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 10 shared benchmark results across 4 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.

Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) has the larger context window at 2M, compared with 1M for Inkling.

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 Fast (Reasoning) and Inkling
CategoryGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)ΔInkling
AgenticGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling69.4
CodingGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling68.6
KnowledgeGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling51.7
MathGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling97.1
MultimodalGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling76.5
Inst. FollowingGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling79.8

Operational comparison

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

MetricGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)InklingComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableInkling$1.87 input / $4.68 outputA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableInklingNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableInklingNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)2MInkling1MGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning) lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)InklingResult
τ²-bench resultsSource 65.8%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 63.8%Not comparable
BrowseCompSource 77.1%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 74.1%Not comparable
Design Arena Agentic Web DevSource 1258Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 32.3%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 36.9%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1239Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 836Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 23.7%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)InklingResult
Vibe Code BenchSource 0.00%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench HardSource 18.9%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 44.2%46.1%Inkling leads
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 77.6%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 54.3%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 63.8%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 52.1%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)InklingResult
AA-LCRSource 64.7%63.3%Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) leads
CritPtSource 2.9%5.4%Inkling leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)InklingResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 27.4%40.7%Inkling leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 84.7%87.2%Inkling leads
AA-HLESource 17.0%29.7%Inkling leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -28.4%2.1%Inkling leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 22.6%40.0%Inkling leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 66.0%63.1%Inkling leads
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 Fast (Reasoning)InklingResult
AIME26Source 97.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)InklingResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 61.8%73.5%Inkling leads
MMMU-ProSource 73.5%Not comparable
CharXivSource 82%Not comparable
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 78.1%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)InklingResult
AA-IFBenchSource 50.5%Not comparable
IFBenchSource 79.8%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) and Inkling 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 Fast (Reasoning) and Inkling today?

Inkling: $1.87 input / $4.68 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 16, 2026

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