# Grok 4.6 release · 2026-08-12 · snapshot 2026-10-25

Creator: SpaceXAI · 4 effort levels

| Effort level | Input modalities | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E | On the frontier today | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok 4.6 (Low) | Text, Image | 35.10 | $614 | 14.5s | no | `grok-4-6-low` |
| Grok 4.6 (Medium) | Text, Image | 42.80 | $1557 | 33.1s | no | `grok-4-6-medium` |
| Grok 4.6 (High) | Text, Image | 44.30 | $1963 | 35.6s | no | `grok-4-6` |
| Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) | Text, Image | 44.20 | $2242 | 37.9s | no | `grok-4-6-xhigh` |

## Launch day (2026-08-12)

- Reached the frontier: 2 of 4
- Impact (intelligence × log-cost hypervolume gained): 0.14
- Rank: #38 of 46 releases this past year
- Grok 4.6 (Low) missed: 2.2 points below GPT-5.6 Luna (Max) at 1.92× its cost
- Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) missed: 0.1 points below Grok 4.6 (High) at 1.14× its cost


> Metrics snapshot: 2026-10-25T21:35:50Z. Intelligence index version: unknown. Release timeline, frontier age, release impact and shakeup cards are reconstructions using one selected snapshot's metrics, not a record of what was known at release. Scores, benchmark cost and derived value may change when the index methodology changes. Source documentation advertises v4.3.2; API correspondence is unverified.