Model comparison

GPT-4o vs Grok 4

Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 43 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4o OpenAI

28.6

Rank #324 Confirmed

Grok 4 xAI

48.1

Rank #56 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 43 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4o scores higher in 1 category and Grok 4 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4 leads 48.4 to 10.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 6.4% for GPT-4o and 84% for Grok 4.

Side by side

GPT-4o and Grok 4 specifications
GPT-4oGrok 4
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index28.648.1
Released2024-05-132025-07-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window128K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked7248

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4 leads

GPT-4o: 24.8 (#328), Grok 4: 50.3 (#46)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4
Aider Polyglot45.3%79.6%
WeirdML25.1%45.7%
LMArena Coding12971408
SWE-bench Verified31%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)21.6%—
GSO0%—
BigCodeBench Instruct51.1%—
LiveBench Coding51.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete61.1%—
CadEval26%—
HumanEval+87.2%—
MBPP+72.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4 leads

GPT-4o: 21.0 (#141), Grok 4: 32.3 (#68)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4
GDPval9.9%21.1%
Cybench12.5%43%
BALROG32.3%43.6%
LMArena Search10061142
METR Time Horizons40.8%66.6%
Terminal-Bench—27.2%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—63%
TheAgentCompany8.6%—
DeepResearch Bench—47.3%

Reasoning Grok 4 leads

GPT-4o: 9.4 (#343), Grok 4: 36.7 (#65)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4
ARC-AGI-20%16%
SimpleBench17.8%60.5%
ARC-AGI-14.5%66.7%
Chess Puzzles13%28%
LMArena Hard Prompts12811409
Epoch Capabilities Index128.97146.44
ForecastBench57.760.9
Kagi LLM Benchmark—73.6%
CritPt0%—
EnigmaEval0.8%—
LiveBench Reasoning55.8%—
DTBench64.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis60.9%—
LMCA16.6%—
LiveBench55.3%—

Math Grok 4 leads

GPT-4o: 10.6 (#312), Grok 4: 48.4 (#64)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20256.4%84%
Omni-MATH29.3%60.3%
LMArena Math12851422
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.3%19.7%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)0.4%—
LiveBench Math49.5%—
MATH Level 553.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge Grok 4 leads

GPT-4o: 28.8 (#242), Grok 4: 53.8 (#55)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4
GPQA Diamond49.2%87%
MMLU-Pro71.3%85.1%
Confabulations15.3%12.4%
GPQA (HELM)52%72.7%
LMArena Expert12501415
Humanity's Last Exam2.7%—
SimpleQA Verified26%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.6%—
MMLU88.1%—

Multimodal Too close to call

GPT-4o: 34.5 (#91), Grok 4: 33.7 (#94)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4
LMArena Vision11371210
GeoBench71%45%
Video-MME71.9%—
VPCT40%—
ScienceQA88.5%—

Multilingual Grok 4 leads

GPT-4o: 43.2 (#186), Grok 4: 51.8 (#103)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4
LMArena Non-English12831403
LMArena Chinese12771427
LMArena French13041418
LMArena German12821429
LMArena Japanese12571394
LMArena Korean12341377
LMArena Russian12861410
LMArena Spanish12921420

Instruction Following Grok 4 leads

GPT-4o: 66.6 (#207), Grok 4: 79.2 (#5)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4
IFEval81.7%94.9%
LMArena Instruction Following12781387
LiveBench Instruction Following68.6%—

Long Context Grok 4 leads

GPT-4o: 39.4 (#179), Grok 4: 63.1 (#4)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%94.4%
LMArena Longer Query12891409

Writing & Preference Grok 4 leads

GPT-4o: 52.6 (#166), Grok 4: 58.5 (#116)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4
LMArena Text13001411
LMArena Creative Writing12921397
Short-Story Creative Writing81.8%76.9%
WildBench82.8%79.7%
LMArena Multi-Turn13021416
LiveBench Language47.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4o better than Grok 4?

Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4o or Grok 4 better for coding?

Grok 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.3 versus 24.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4o and Grok 4 share?

43 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4o has 72 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4 has 48.

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