Grok 4.6 vs O1 Preview
As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.6 leads O1 Preview in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Long context, and Abstraction (ARC).
Grok 4.6
#10 Best recorded rank: #10 in Science, as of Oct 15, 2026.
O1 Preview
It used to be. Was SOTA in General LLM.
| Category | Grok 4.6 | O1 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | #61 · #61 in General LLM Margin 32.44680851063829 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #166 · Was SOTA · General LLM Margin 88.29787234042553 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Reasoning | #55 · #55 in Reasoning Margin 29.787234042553195 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #177 · Was SOTA · Reasoning Margin 94.68085106382979 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Math | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Science | #10 · #10 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 12, 2026 | #125 · #125 in Science Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 12, 2024 |
| Coding | #14 · #14 in Coding Margin 68.18181818181819 Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026 | #— · Not enough data Margin — LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Coding › Agentic | #14 · #14 in Coding › Agentic Margin 68.18181818181819 Terminal-Bench Harbor Hub · Oct 6, 2026 | — |
| Coding › Web dev | #22 · #22 in Coding › Web dev Margin 16.799999999999997 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | — |
| Long context | #48 · #48 in Long context Margin 25.531914893617028 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | #176 · Was SOTA · Long context Margin 93.61702127659575 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 |
| Vision | #24 · #24 in Vision Margin 65.78947368421052 Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 12, 2026 | — |
| Factuality | #62 · #62 in Factuality Margin 36.627906976744185 LMArena leaderboard dataset · Oct 13, 2026 | — |
| Abstraction (ARC) | #20 · #20 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Aug 12, 2026 | #73 · #73 in Abstraction (ARC) Margin — Epoch AI benchmarking hub · Sep 12, 2024 |
Grok 4.6: $3 per 1M blended tokens.
O1 Preview: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.
Grok 4.6: closed weights.
O1 Preview: closed weights.
General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.6 leads O1 Preview in General LLM at #61 against #166.
Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.6 leads O1 Preview in Reasoning at #55 against #177.
Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.6 leads O1 Preview in Science at #10 against #125.
Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.6 leads O1 Preview in Long context at #48 against #176.
Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.6 leads O1 Preview in Abstraction (ARC) at #20 against #73.
Grok 4.6 or O1 Preview?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.6 leads O1 Preview in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Long context, and Abstraction (ARC).
Grok 4.6 or O1 Preview for General LLM?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.6 leads O1 Preview in General LLM at #61 against #166.
Grok 4.6 or O1 Preview for Reasoning?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.6 leads O1 Preview in Reasoning at #55 against #177.
Grok 4.6 or O1 Preview for Science?
As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.6 leads O1 Preview in Science at #10 against #125.