Model comparison
GPT-4 Turbo vs Grok 4.1
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4 Turbo scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.1 in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4.1 leads 36.2 to 8.6.
Side by side
| GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 30.3 | 40.8 |
| Released | 2023-11-06 | 2025-11-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $30 | — |
| Results tracked | 36 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
GPT-4 Turbo: 33.4 (#247), Grok 4.1: 33.4 (#246)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1268 | 1445 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1214 |
| WeirdML | 18% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 58.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 86.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 73.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-4 Turbo: —, Grok 4.1: 33.8 (#47)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 39% |
| METR Time Horizons | 36.7% | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 14.9 (#311), Grok 4.1: 28.3 (#91)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1251 | 1436 |
| SimpleBench | 25.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | — |
| DTBench | 61.6% | — |
| LMCA | 9.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.25 | — |
| ForecastBench | 59.4 | — |
Math Grok 4.1 leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 8.6 (#316), Grok 4.1: 36.2 (#124)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1272 | 1422 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 0.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 6.7% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 46.7% | — |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 24.3 (#263), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#129)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1417 |
| GPQA Diamond | 46.6% | — |
| Confabulations | 28.4% | — |
| MMLU | 81.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-4 Turbo: 30.0 (#104), Grok 4.1: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1090 | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 40.7 (#211), Grok 4.1: 53.6 (#64)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1245 | 1425 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1242 | 1464 |
| LMArena French | 1275 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1259 | 1447 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1194 | 1396 |
| LMArena Korean | 1187 | 1407 |
| LMArena Russian | 1259 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1260 | 1438 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 66.0 (#211), Grok 4.1: 74.0 (#106)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1250 | 1400 |
Long Context Grok 4.1 leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 38.0 (#200), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#96)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1254 | 1416 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 47.9 (#201), Grok 4.1: 62.6 (#71)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1272 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1269 | 1411 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1267 | 1438 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-4 Turbo better than Grok 4.1?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-4 Turbo or Grok 4.1 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (33.4 vs 33.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do GPT-4 Turbo and Grok 4.1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4 Turbo has 36 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.