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Grok Build 0.1 vs Inkling

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 14 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

19/100
Margin
53.0pts
winning →
Thinking Machines Lab
72/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: Grok Build 0.1 unranked; Inkling #17

Evidence parity. Grok Build 0.1 and Inkling share 14 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 1 result is unique to Grok Build 0.1; 18 to Inkling.

Updated July 16, 2026
Shared results
14
Grok Build 0.1 only
1
Inkling only
18
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Grok Build 0.1 and Inkling is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 14 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.

Inkling is priced at $1.87 input / $4.68 output per 1M tokens, versus $1.00 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens for Grok Build 0.1. Inkling has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Grok Build 0.1.

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 Build 0.1 and Inkling
CategoryGrok Build 0.1ΔInkling
AgenticGrok Build 0.1Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling69.4
CodingGrok Build 0.1Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling68.6
KnowledgeGrok Build 0.1Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling51.7
MathGrok Build 0.1Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling97.1
MultimodalGrok Build 0.1Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling76.5
Inst. FollowingGrok Build 0.1Not measuredMarginNo overlapInkling79.8

Operational comparison

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

MetricGrok Build 0.1InklingComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok Build 0.1$1 input / $2 outputInkling$1.87 input / $4.68 outputGrok Build 0.1 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok Build 0.1Not availableInklingNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok Build 0.1Not availableInklingNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok Build 0.1256KInkling1MInkling lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1InklingResult
Gert LabsSource 49.15%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 28.0%32.3%Inkling leads
GDPval-AASource 35.6%36.9%Inkling leads
GDPval-AASource 12111239Inkling leads
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 BriefcaseSource 836Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 23.7%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1InklingResult
AA Coding IndexSource 51.5%52.1%Inkling leads
AA-SciCodeSource 50.2%46.1%Grok Build 0.1 leads
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 77.6%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 54.3%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 63.8%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1InklingResult
AA-LCRSource 64.7%63.3%Grok Build 0.1 leads
CritPtSource 9.1%5.4%Grok Build 0.1 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1InklingResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 39.8%40.7%Inkling leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 89.5%87.2%Grok Build 0.1 leads
AA-HLESource 36.0%29.7%Grok Build 0.1 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 7.4%2.1%Grok Build 0.1 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 51.4%40.0%Grok Build 0.1 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 90.5%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 Build 0.1InklingResult
AIME26Source 97.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1InklingResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 76.5%73.5%Grok Build 0.1 leads
MMMU-ProSource 73.5%Not comparable
CharXivSource 82%Not comparable
CharXiv w/o toolsSource 78.1%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1InklingResult
IFBenchSource 79.8%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Grok Build 0.1 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 Build 0.1 and Inkling today?

Grok Build 0.1: $1.00 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens 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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