# Grok 4.5 vs Ornith-1.5-9B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 4.5 and Ornith-1.5-9B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-4-5-vs-ornith-1-5-9b
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Grok 4.5 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Grok 4.5 has the higher overall point estimate 65.65 to 28.63. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 56.4 for Grok 4.5 and 18 for Ornith-1.5-9B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 83.3% and 46.2%.
- Ornith-1.5-9B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Grok 4.5 also has the larger context window at 500K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 4.5 | Ornith-1.5-9B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | Ornith AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 500K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 65.65 | 28.63 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 16 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 56.4 (Supported · #32/119)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 18 (Estimated · #101/119)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 15.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 83.3% | 46.2% | Grok 4.5 |
| deepSwe | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 30.5% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 54.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 41.2% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 56.4% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 66.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 58.1 (Supported · #24/144)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.7% | 47.5% | Grok 4.5 |
| SWE Multilingual | 78% | 54.4% | Grok 4.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 83.3% | 46.2% | Grok 4.5 |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 23.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 70.6% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 32.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 50.4 (#27/27)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 79.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 66.8 (Supported · #21/171)
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 30.6 (Estimated · #134/171)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Ornith-1.5-9B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 20.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 20.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Grok 4.5 or Ornith-1.5-9B?

Grok 4.5 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Grok 4.5 and Ornith-1.5-9B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 56.4 for Grok 4.5 and 18 for Ornith-1.5-9B.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.5 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.5 currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.5-9B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-9B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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