GPT-6.1 Sol (High) vs Grok 4.3 (High)

Which is better for the money: GPT-6.1 Sol (High) by OpenAI or Grok 4.3 (High) by SpaceXAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

OpenAIGPT-6.1 Sol (High)On the frontier

Intelligence: 50.20
Total cost: $521

SpaceXAIGrok 4.3 (High)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 24.90
Total cost: $363

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 25.3 points higher (50.2 vs 24.9) but costs 1.4× as much to run the benchmark ($521 vs $363; premium vs mid-range cost classes). Pick GPT-6.1 Sol (High) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Grok 4.3 (High).

Metric	GPT-6.1 Sol (High)	Grok 4.3 (High)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	50.2	24.9	−50.4% Grok 4.3 (High) is 50.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$521.32	$363.24	−30.3% Grok 4.3 (High) is 30.3% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	45.58s	28.87s	−36.7% Grok 4.3 (High) is 36.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$2.00 / $10.0	$1.25 / $2.50
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image

Grok 4.3 (High) vs GPT-6.1 Sol (High): 50.4% less intelligence, 30.3% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 36.7% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GPT-6.1 Sol (High) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
Grok 4.3 (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.

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