GPT-5 nano (Medium) vs Grok 4.6 (Medium)

GPT-5 nano (Medium) vs Grok 4.6 (Medium). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

OpenAIGPT-5 nano (Medium)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
12.50
Total cost
-
SpaceXAIGrok 4.6 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
42.80
Total cost
$1557
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGPT-5 nano (Medium)Grok 4.6 (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)12.542.8+242.4% Grok 4.6 (Medium) is 3.4× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$1,557.04— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)37.46s33.09s−11.7% Grok 4.6 (Medium) is 11.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.05 / $0.40$2.00 / $6.00
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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