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Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) vs o1

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 11 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Margin
8.5pts
← winning
OpenAI
48.1/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) #76 (Supported); o1 #129 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) and o1 share 11 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 2 results are unique to Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning); 5 to o1.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
11
Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) only
2
o1 only
5
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) and o1 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 11 shared benchmark results across 5 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 200K for o1.

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 o1
CategoryGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Δo1
KnowledgeGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not measuredMarginNo overlapo175.7
MathGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not measuredMarginNo overlapo19.3
Inst. FollowingGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not measuredMarginNo overlapo192.2

Operational comparison

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

MetricGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)o1Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableo1$15 input / $60 outputA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableo198 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableo132.29 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)2Mo1200KGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning) lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)o1Result
τ²-bench resultsSource 65.8%62.6%Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) leads
Coding
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)o1Result
Vibe Code BenchSource 0.00%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 44.2%35.8%Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) leads
AA Coding IndexSource 39.7%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)o1Result
AA-LCRSource 64.7%59.3%Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) leads
CritPtSource 2.9%0.3%Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)o1Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 27.4%23.4%Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 84.7%74.7%Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) leads
AA-HLESource 17.0%7.7%Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -28.4%-10.5%o1 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 22.6%34.7%o1 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 66.0%69.3%Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) leads
MMLUSource 91.8%Not comparable
GPQASource 75.7%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)o1Result
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 9.310%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)o1Result
AA-MMMU-ProSource 61.8%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGrok 4 Fast (Reasoning)o1Result
AA-IFBenchSource 50.5%70.3%o1 leads
IFEvalSource 92.2%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) 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 Fast (Reasoning) and o1 today?

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 23, 2026

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