Model comparison

GPT-4o vs Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4o OpenAI

28.6

Rank #324 Confirmed

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent xAI

46.2

Rank #65 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4o scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads 43.9 to 9.4.
  • Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is cheaper at $1.25 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for GPT-4o.
  • Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

GPT-4o and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent specifications
GPT-4oGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index28.646.2
Released2024-05-132026-03-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window128K1M
Max output16K30K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$1.25
Output $ / M tokens$10$2.50
Results tracked7220

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

GPT-4o: 24.8 (#328), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.0 (#92)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Coding12971457
SWE-bench Verified31%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)21.6%—
Aider Polyglot45.3%—
GSO0%—
WeirdML25.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct51.1%—
LiveBench Coding51.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete61.1%—
CadEval26%—
HumanEval+87.2%—
MBPP+72.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4o: 21.0 (#141), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Search10061204
GDPval9.9%—
TheAgentCompany8.6%—
Cybench12.5%—
BALROG32.3%—
METR Time Horizons40.8%—

Reasoning Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

GPT-4o: 9.4 (#343), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.9 (#48)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Hard Prompts12811448
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench17.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)—89.6%
ARC-AGI-14.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles13%—
EnigmaEval0.8%—
LiveBench Reasoning55.8%—
DTBench64.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis60.9%—
LMCA16.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index128.97—
ForecastBench57.7—
LiveBench55.3%—

Math Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

GPT-4o: 10.6 (#312), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 39.4 (#104)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Math12851442
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)0.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20256.4%—
Omni-MATH29.3%—
LiveBench Math49.5%—
MATH Level 553.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.3%—

Knowledge Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

GPT-4o: 28.8 (#242), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 40.4 (#119)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Expert12501445
GPQA Diamond49.2%—
Humanity's Last Exam2.7%—
SimpleQA Verified26%—
MMLU-Pro71.3%—
Confabulations15.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.6%—
GPQA (HELM)52%—
MMLU88.1%—

Multimodal Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

GPT-4o: 34.5 (#91), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 40.5 (#48)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Vision11371259
Video-MME71.9%—
GeoBench71%—
VPCT40%—
ScienceQA88.5%—

Multilingual Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

GPT-4o: 43.2 (#186), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 54.4 (#43)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Non-English12831440
LMArena Chinese12771475
LMArena French13041466
LMArena German12821456
LMArena Japanese12571405
LMArena Korean12341416
LMArena Russian12861457
LMArena Spanish12921447

Instruction Following Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

GPT-4o: 66.6 (#207), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 74.8 (#84)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Instruction Following12781420
LiveBench Instruction Following68.6%—
IFEval81.7%—

Long Context Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

GPT-4o: 39.4 (#179), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.7 (#88)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Longer Query12891431
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

GPT-4o: 52.6 (#166), Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 64.0 (#59)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent
LMArena Text13001450
LMArena Creative Writing12921436
LMArena Multi-Turn13021452
Short-Story Creative Writing81.8%—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language47.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4o better than Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4o or Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GPT-4o lists at $2.50 and $10.

Is GPT-4o or Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent better for coding?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 24.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4o and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4o has 72 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent has 20.

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