Grok 4.6 (High) vs Grok 4.6 (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.6 (High) by SpaceXAI or Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) by SpaceXAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Grok 4.6 (High)
Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) vs Grok 4.6 (High): 0.2% less intelligence, 14.2% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 6.4% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Grok 4.6 (High) | Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 44.3 | 44.2 | −0.2% Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) is 0.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,962.90 | $2,241.91 | +14.2% Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) is 14.2% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 35.57s | 37.86s | +6.4% Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) is 6.4% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Grok 4.6 (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
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