# Grok 4.6 vs Grok Code Fast 1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 4.6 and Grok Code Fast 1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-4-6-vs-grok-code-fast-1
- Last updated: September 25, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Grok 4.6 and Grok Code Fast 1 share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Grok Code Fast 1 has the lower published output-token price.
- Grok 4.6 has the larger published context window at 500K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 4.6 | Grok Code Fast 1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 500K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 69.19 | 32.05 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.20 / $1.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 67.9 (Supported · #8/105)
- Grok Code Fast 1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Grok Code Fast 1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 26.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 57.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 78.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 13% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 62 (Supported · #14/135)
- Grok Code Fast 1 public-lane score: 21.8 (Estimated · #112/135)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Grok Code Fast 1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Bug Hunt Bench | 27 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 65.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | 61.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 87.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 25.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.2% | 62.0% | Grok 4.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 70.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 57.6 (#16/19)
- Grok Code Fast 1 public-lane score: 58.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Grok Code Fast 1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 67.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 2.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 69 (Supported · #13/158)
- Grok Code Fast 1 public-lane score: 35.9 (Estimated · #104/158)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Grok Code Fast 1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 94.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok Code Fast 1 public-lane score: 46.8 (#87/124)

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Grok 4.6 and Grok Code Fast 1?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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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- [Grok 4.6 profile](/models/grok-4-6)
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