Model comparison

GPT-5.1 vs Grok Build 0.1

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.8 to 35.8 on the Noometry Index. Grok Build 0.1 costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1 OpenAI

48.8

Rank #47 Confirmed

Grok Build 0.1 xAI

35.8

Rank #214 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.1 scores higher in 3 categories and Grok Build 0.1 in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where GPT-5.1 leads 32.5 to 22.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 43.3% for GPT-5.1 and 50.2% for Grok Build 0.1.
  • Grok Build 0.1 is cheaper at $1 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $10 for GPT-5.1.
  • GPT-5.1 accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 256K.

Side by side

GPT-5.1 and Grok Build 0.1 specifications
GPT-5.1Grok Build 0.1
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index48.835.8
Released2025-11-132026-04-16
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K256K
Max output128K256K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$1
Output $ / M tokens$10$2
Results tracked633

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 46.9 (#59), Grok Build 0.1: 42.5 (#90)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok Build 0.1
SciCode43.3%50.2%
SWE-bench Verified68%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1395—
GSO13.7%—
WeirdML60.8%—
LiveBench Coding72.5%—
LMArena Coding1454—
ALE-Bench1,192—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 32.5 (#55), Grok Build 0.1: 22.5 (#122)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok Build 0.1
Terminal-Bench47.6%—
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
GBAEval—2.4%
LMArena Search1199—
Vending-Bench 21,473—

Reasoning GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 39.9 (#50), Grok Build 0.1: 31.3 (#73)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok Build 0.1
CritPt4.9%9.1%
ARC-AGI-217.6%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
ARC-AGI-172.8%—
Chess Puzzles32%—
EnigmaEval11.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning95.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1457—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench90.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis72.1%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.66—
ForecastBench58.1—
LiveBench78.8%—

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 50.3 (#45), Grok Build 0.1: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok Build 0.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.6%—
Omni-MATH46.4%—
LiveBench Math94.5%—
LMArena Math1446—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)31%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)12.5%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 50.5 (#65), Grok Build 0.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok Build 0.1
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam23.7%—
SimpleQA Verified48%—
MMLU-Pro57.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.9%—
GPQA (HELM)44.2%—
LMArena Expert1470—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 44.0 (#17), Grok Build 0.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok Build 0.1
LMArena Vision1250—
VPCT58.7%—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 54.0 (#51), Grok Build 0.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok Build 0.1
LMArena Non-English1431—
LMArena Chinese1495—
LMArena French1451—
LMArena German1439—
LMArena Japanese1453—
LMArena Korean1401—
LMArena Russian1435—
LMArena Spanish1430—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 84.0 (#1), Grok Build 0.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok Build 0.1
LiveBench Instruction Following93.3%—
IFEval93.5%—
LMArena Instruction Following1442—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14), Grok Build 0.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok Build 0.1
CL-bench23.7%—
CL-bench Life17.3%—
LMArena Longer Query1448—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 64.7 (#53), Grok Build 0.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok Build 0.1
LMArena Text1443—
LMArena Creative Writing1427—
WildBench86.3%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1449—
LiveBench Language80.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1 better than Grok Build 0.1?

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.8 to 35.8 on the Noometry Index. Grok Build 0.1 costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.1 or Grok Build 0.1?

Grok Build 0.1 is cheaper. It lists at $1 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; GPT-5.1 lists at $1.25 and $10.

Is GPT-5.1 or Grok Build 0.1 better for coding?

GPT-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.9 versus 42.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.1 does, with 400K tokens against 256K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1 and Grok Build 0.1 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1 has 63 scored results on Noometry and Grok Build 0.1 has 3.

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