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Grok 4.6

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Input Price
$2.00
/M tokens
Output Price
$6.00
/M tokens
Intelligence
44
/100
Arena Rank
#49
Overall
Coding Rank
#19
Arena
Context
500K
tokens

One9Founders Verdictexcellent

August 12 post-training refresh of Grok 4.5. Intelligence 44 at $2/$6. Muse Spark 1.3 now beats it on the Index at a similar bill. Watch the 200K-token 2× rebill trap.

“Still good value. No longer the obvious pick vs Muse Spark 1.3.”

Best For

  • ✓agentic jobs on a budget
  • ✓frontier quality without Sol prices

Not Great For

  • ✗prompts over 200K tokens
  • ✗enterprise compliance-heavy workloads

Startup Recommendation

Serious alternative to Opus 5 / Sol when compliance allows.

Pricing Details

Input
$2.00
per 1M tokens
Output
$6.00
per 1M tokens
Cached Input
$0.50
per 1M tokens

Capabilities

✓Function Calling
✓Structured Output
✓Vision
-Web Search
-Code Execution
-MCP
✗Audio Input
✗Video Input
✓Reasoning
✓Streaming
-Batch API
-Computer Use

Chatbot Arena Rankings

Overall
#49
Coding
#19

Security & Compliance

✗SOC 2 Type II
✗GDPR
✗HIPAA
✗Enterprise SSO
✗Audit Logs

Training data policy: Check current ToS. Prompts above 200K tokens rebill at 2x on Grok 4.6.

DPDP Act (India): US-hosted. Limited public compliance certifications.

Data residency: US

India Availability

API available globally