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SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 matches OpenAI's best model and undercuts it on price
xAI's Grok 4.6 ties GPT-5.6 Sol on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index at 61 points, completes agentic tasks in roughly half the steps of Claude Opus 5, and costs over 60% less.
xAI's Grok 4.6 scores 61 points on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, tying GPT-5.6 Sol and trailing only Anthropic's Claude Opus 5. On agentic tasks, it completes complex workflows in about 53 steps where Claude Opus 5 needs 103, at a price more than 60 percent lower.
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- the-decoder.comSpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 matches OpenAI's best model and undercuts it on priceprimary
- VenturebeatSpaceXAI debuts Grok 4.6, overtaking Kimi K3's performance and vaulting to the world's fourth best on Artificial Analysis
- artificialanalysis.aiGrok 4.6 scores 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
- Google News — AISpaceXAI releases Grok 4.6, claiming GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Fable 5-level intelligence - 9to5Mac
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- primary — Google News — AI publishes the launch post.
- HN Algolia — Front-Page AI picks up coverage.
- Venturebeat picks up coverage.
- The Decoder picks up coverage.