Model comparison
GPT-4 Turbo vs Grok 4.1 Fast
Grok 4.1 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4 Turbo scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.1 Fast in 9 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.1 Fast leads 43.4 to 15.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleBench: 25.1% for GPT-4 Turbo and 56% for Grok 4.1 Fast.
- Grok 4.1 Fast is cheaper at $0.20 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $10 / $30 for GPT-4 Turbo.
Side by side
| GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 Fast | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 30.5 | 41.4 |
| Released | 2023-11-06 | 2025-06-27 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 128K |
| Max output | 4K | 30K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $30 | $0.50 |
| Results tracked | 36 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
GPT-4 Turbo: 33.8 (#249), Grok 4.1 Fast: 34.1 (#245)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1268 | 1411 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1242 |
| WeirdML | 18% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 58.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 394.93 |
| HumanEval+ | 86.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 73.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-4 Turbo: —, Grok 4.1 Fast: 36.3 (#39)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 69.6% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 13.1% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1171 |
| METR Time Horizons | 36.7% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 1,107 |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 Fast leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 15.3 (#317), Grok 4.1 Fast: 43.4 (#49)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 25.1% | 56% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1251 | 1407 |
| DTBench | 61.6% | 87.7% |
| ForecastBench | 59.4 | 61 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 87.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | — |
| LMCA | 9.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.25 | — |
Math Grok 4.1 Fast leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 9.0 (#322), Grok 4.1 Fast: 31.9 (#221)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1272 | 1408 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 0.7% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 6.7% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 4% |
| MATH Level 5 | 46.7% | — |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 Fast leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 24.3 (#268), Grok 4.1 Fast: 33.1 (#207)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1399 |
| GPQA Diamond | 46.6% | — |
| Confabulations | 28.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 17.8% |
| MMLU | 81.3% | — |
Multimodal Grok 4.1 Fast leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 30.6 (#110), Grok 4.1 Fast: 37.0 (#76)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1090 | 1201 |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 Fast leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 40.5 (#216), Grok 4.1 Fast: 51.0 (#114)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1245 | 1391 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1242 | 1441 |
| LMArena French | 1276 | 1415 |
| LMArena German | 1259 | 1404 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1194 | 1349 |
| LMArena Korean | 1187 | 1361 |
| LMArena Russian | 1259 | 1387 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1260 | 1413 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 Fast leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 65.8 (#216), Grok 4.1 Fast: 72.7 (#133)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1249 | 1376 |
Long Context Grok 4.1 Fast leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 38.0 (#206), Grok 4.1 Fast: 42.4 (#126)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1254 | 1390 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 Fast leads
GPT-4 Turbo: 47.7 (#206), Grok 4.1 Fast: 57.2 (#131)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 Turbo | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1272 | 1408 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1269 | 1394 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1267 | 1389 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1327 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-4 Turbo better than Grok 4.1 Fast?
Grok 4.1 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4 Turbo or Grok 4.1 Fast?
Grok 4.1 Fast is cheaper. It lists at $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; GPT-4 Turbo lists at $10 and $30.
Is GPT-4 Turbo or Grok 4.1 Fast better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (33.8 vs 34.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 128K tokens.
How many benchmarks do GPT-4 Turbo and Grok 4.1 Fast share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4 Turbo has 36 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 Fast has 32.