# GPT-5.1-Codex vs Grok 4.20

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.1-Codex and Grok 4.20 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-1-codex-vs-grok-4-20-beta
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GPT-5.1-Codex and Grok 4.20 share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Grok 4.20 has the lower published output-token price.
- Grok 4.20 has the larger published context window at 2M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.1-Codex | Grok 4.20 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | 2M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 47.93 | 67.13 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 3 | 23 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.25 / $10.00 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.1-Codex public-lane score: 48.6 (Estimated · #63/152)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 26.7 (Supported · #145/152)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1-Codex | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 49.68% | 38.36% | GPT-5.1-Codex |
| JobBench | 26.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 47.1% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 44.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.1-Codex public-lane score: 44.8 (Estimated · #91/151)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 28.2 (Supported · #141/151)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1-Codex | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 13.12% | 4.06% | GPT-5.1-Codex |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 76.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 51.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 72.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.1-Codex public-lane score: 66.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 34.6 (#43/48)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1-Codex | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75.2% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 60.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 54.1% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 57.4% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.1-Codex public-lane score: 68.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 34.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1-Codex | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 53.3% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 0.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.1-Codex public-lane score: 51.5 (Estimated · #70/183)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 49.4 (Supported · #85/183)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.1-Codex | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 31.6% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | Coming soon | 20.3% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | Coming soon | 50.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5.1-Codex public-lane score: 85.6 (#42/123)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: Coming soon

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GPT-5.1-Codex and Grok 4.20?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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