GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) vs Grok 4.6 (Low)

Which is better for the money: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) by OpenAI or Grok 4.6 (Low) by SpaceXAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.

Trade-off

OpenAIGPT-6.1 Sol (Max)On the frontier

Intelligence: 51.80
Total cost: $1082

SpaceXAIGrok 4.6 (Low)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 35.10
Total cost: $614

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 16.7 points higher (51.8 vs 35.1) but costs 1.8× as much to run the benchmark ($1082 vs $614; both premium class). Pick GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Grok 4.6 (Low).

Metric	GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)	Grok 4.6 (Low)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	51.8	35.1	−32.2% Grok 4.6 (Low) is 32.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$1,081.55	$613.92	−43.2% Grok 4.6 (Low) is 43.2% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	220.48s	13.36s	−93.9% Grok 4.6 (Low) is 93.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$2.00 / $10.0	$2.00 / $6.00
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image

Grok 4.6 (Low) vs GPT-6.1 Sol (Max): 32.2% less intelligence, 43.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 93.9% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
Grok 4.6 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.

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