Model comparison

GPT-5.4 Pro vs Grok 4.3

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index. Grok 4.3 costs 43× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.9

Rank #18 Confirmed

Grok 4.3 xAI

43.8

Rank #86 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher in 4 categories and Grok 4.3 in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 70.7 to 35.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath Tier 4: 58.5% for GPT-5.4 Pro and 14.6% for Grok 4.3.
  • Grok 4.3 is cheaper at $1.25 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • GPT-5.4 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 Pro and Grok 4.3 specifications
GPT-5.4 ProGrok 4.3
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index58.943.8
Released2026-03-052026-04-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output128K30K
Input $ / M tokens$30$1.25
Output $ / M tokens$180$2.50
Results tracked1640

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 43.2 (#90), Grok 4.3: 41.6 (#121)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGrok 4.3
WeirdML57.4%49.9%
LMArena WebDev—1357
SciCode—47.3%
LMArena Coding—1415
ALE-Bench—944.17

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Grok 4.3: 27.7 (#99)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGrok 4.3
GDP.pdf—8%
LMArena Search—1165
Vending-Bench 2—35.26

Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 70.7 (#13), Grok 4.3: 35.9 (#68)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGrok 4.3
CritPt30%8%
Chess Puzzles58.6%25%
Epoch Capabilities Index158.93149.16
ARC-AGI-283.3%—
SimpleBench74.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)—55.2%
ARC-AGI-194.5%—
EnigmaEval23.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1396
DTBench—90.7%
LMCA—38.3%
ForecastBench—60.3

Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.4 (#22), Grok 4.3: 46.0 (#74)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGrok 4.3
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.5%42.8%
FrontierMath Tier 458.5%14.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%
ProofBench—11%
LMArena Math—1388
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)50%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)37.5%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#7), Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#62)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGrok 4.3
GPQA Diamond94.6%88.8%
SimpleQA Verified46.3%33.2%
Humanity's Last Exam44.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.3%—
LMArena Expert—1385

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#104)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGrok 4.3
LMArena Vision—1229
Blueprint-Bench 2—0%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Grok 4.3: 50.5 (#120)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGrok 4.3
LMArena Non-English—1385
LMArena Chinese—1422
LMArena French—1412
LMArena German—1395
LMArena Japanese—1379
LMArena Korean—1356
LMArena Russian—1399
LMArena Spanish—1398

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Grok 4.3: 72.1 (#140)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGrok 4.3
LMArena Instruction Following—1366

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#123)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGrok 4.3
LMArena Longer Query—1393

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Grok 4.3: 58.5 (#118)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProGrok 4.3
LMArena Text—1397
LMArena Creative Writing—1380
EQ-Bench 4—1075
LMArena Multi-Turn—1406

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 Pro better than Grok 4.3?

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index. Grok 4.3 costs 43× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 Pro or Grok 4.3?

Grok 4.3 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Is GPT-5.4 Pro or Grok 4.3 better for coding?

GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.2 versus 41.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 Pro and Grok 4.3 share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 Pro has 16 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.3 has 40.

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