Identity
- Status
- active
- Developer ID
grok-4.6- Released
- Not reported
- Version
- Grok 4.6
- License
- Unknown
xAIGrok 4.6
Grok 4.6 is xAI's flagship model for coding, agentic tasks, and knowledge work.
- Token context
- 500K tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Image
- Outputs
- Text
- Released
- Not reported
Providers & Pricing
Estimate workload cost →| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cache read / 1M | Cache write / 1M | Observed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
XaiAvailable | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.50 | — | Sep 3, 2026 | Provider-reported |
Benchmarks
All benchmark results →| ARC-AGI-1verified-v1-613c385b0c93 | 87.50 | — | — | Grok 4.6 (Medium)unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| ARC-AGI-2verified-v2-be40992860f9 | 67.08 | — | — | Grok 4.6 (XHigh)unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LiveBench2026-06-25-90f8d44da965 | 82.17 | 16,154 | 1,270 | grok-4.6average per case | Recomputedwinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Agent Arenaagent-2026-10-16-a64ca3b12b6e | 0.89 | — | 28,868 | Grok 4.6 (xHigh); 95% CI [-0.22077562, 2.00905409]; sessions 28868; observations 3315294; rank 28unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Document Arenadocument-2026-09-13-a64ca3b12b6e | 1,452.33 | — | 2,258 | grok-4.6-high; 95% CI [1440.31399734, 1464.34557688]; votes 2258; rank 25unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-10-15-a64ca3b12b6e | 1,427.77 | — | 28,965 | grok-4.6-high; 95% CI [1422.91144511, 1432.61896218]; votes 28965; rank 99unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| LMArena Vision Arenavision-2026-10-09-a64ca3b12b6e | 1,263.14 | — | 6,495 | grok-4.6-high; 95% CI [1254.48523007, 1271.79468461]; votes 6495; rank 52unknown | Original sourcewinner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
| ToneBench2026-10-17-10-task-e9c76358afb2 | 80.33 | 21,440 | 50 | Grok 4.6 (high)average per case | Original sourcenot winner eligible | Third-party benchmark |
At a Glance
Model Facts
Capacity
- Token context
- 500K tokens
- Maximum output
- Unknown
- Total parameters
- Unknown
- Active parameters
- Unknown
- Knowledge cutoff
- Feb 1, 2026
Interface and Access
- Inputs
- Text, Image
- Outputs
- Text
- API available
- Yes
- Open weights
- No
- Self-hostable
- No
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Vision
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Capabilities
- chat, generation, reasoning, tools
This page represents one developer model product. Dated API snapshots, serving endpoints, pricing, regions, quantizations, and service tiers attach as versioned aliases or provider details and never create duplicate public model records.
Version Lineage
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorsUnknown
Aliasesgrok-4.6
Explicit Unknowns
- Release date
- Maximum output
- Architecture
- Tokenizer
Primary Evidence
Sources and Observation Date
Comparable Peers
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Questions
Grok 4.6 FAQs
What is Grok 4.6?+
Grok 4.6 is xAI's flagship model for coding, agentic tasks, and knowledge work. It is developed by xAI and its current sourced lifecycle status is active.
What inputs and outputs does Grok 4.6 support?+
Grok 4.6's current record lists Text and Image as input and Text as output.
How much context does Grok 4.6 support?+
The current record lists a 500K-token context window and does not report a maximum output length.
Is Grok 4.6 available through an API?+
Grok 4.6 is marked as API-available. The directly sourced provider records currently include Xai.
How much does Grok 4.6 cost through an API?+
The lowest directly sourced prices currently attached to Grok 4.6 are $2.00 per million input tokens through Xai and $6.00 per million output tokens through Xai. Prices are provider-specific and should be checked against each cited observation date.
What capabilities and tasks does Grok 4.6 support?+
Grok 4.6's recorded capabilities are chat, generation, reasoning, and tools. Its supported tasks are image and text.
Can Grok 4.6 be self-hosted?+
Grok 4.6 is not marked as an open-weight model. Self-hosting is marked as unsupported, with no license recorded.
Does Grok 4.6 have related versions or aliases?+
No predecessor is recorded. No successor is recorded. Recorded aliases are grok-4.6.
Which models can Grok 4.6 be compared with?+
The current compatible peer set includes GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Mythos 5.1, GPT-6 Luna, and Grok Build 0.1. Compatibility requires shared sourced modalities and tasks; it does not imply that one model is better. Browse model comparisons →
How current is the Model Markets record for Grok 4.6?+
Grok 4.6 was last verified Aug 29, 2026 from xAI's primary source, “Grok 4.6 | SpaceXAI Docs.” The evidence is classified as official fact.