# Grok Code Fast 1 vs Kanana Essence

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-code-fast-1-vs-kanana-essence
- Last updated: September 21, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Grok Code Fast 1 and Kanana Essence.

## Summary

- Grok Code Fast 1 and Kanana Essence do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok Code Fast 1 | Kanana Essence |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | Kakao |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 64K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 33.94 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 2 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.20 / $1.50 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok Code Fast 1 public-lane score: 30.1 (Estimated · #146/156)
- Kanana Essence public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok Code Fast 1 | Kanana Essence | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 62.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok Code Fast 1 public-lane score: 57.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Kanana Essence public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok Code Fast 1 public-lane score: 36.8 (Estimated · #153/186)
- Kanana Essence public-lane score: Coming soon

### Instruction Following

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

## FAQ

### Can I compare Grok Code Fast 1 and Kanana Essence on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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## Explore More

- [Grok Code Fast 1 profile](/models/grok-code-fast-1)
- [Kanana Essence profile](/models/kanana-essence)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)