Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Grok 4.3

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index. Grok 4.3 costs 3.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 39 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Grok 4.3 xAI

43.8

Rank #86 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 39 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 10 categories and Grok 4.3 in 0 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 leads 73.5 to 46.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 56% for GPT-5.4 and 11% for Grok 4.3.
  • Grok 4.3 is cheaper at $1.25 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
  • GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Grok 4.3 specifications
GPT-5.4Grok 4.3
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index59.443.8
Released2026-03-052026-04-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output128K30K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$1.25
Output $ / M tokens$15$2.50
Results tracked6840

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), Grok 4.3: 41.6 (#121)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.3
LMArena WebDev14651357
SciCode56.6%47.3%
WeirdML77.7%49.9%
LMArena Coding14971415
ALE-Bench1,607944.17
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
GSO31.4%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), Grok 4.3: 27.7 (#99)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.3
LMArena Search11971165
Vending-Bench 26,14435.26
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
GDP.pdf—8%
METR Time Horizons74.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), Grok 4.3: 35.9 (#68)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.3
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%55.2%
CritPt23.4%8%
Chess Puzzles44%25%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851396
DTBench94.4%90.7%
LMCA52%38.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81149.16
ForecastBench59.560.3
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), Grok 4.3: 46.0 (#74)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#62)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.3
GPQA Diamond93.3%88.8%
SimpleQA Verified45.1%33.2%
LMArena Expert15071385
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—

Multimodal GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#104)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.3
LMArena Vision13031229
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%0%
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), Grok 4.3: 50.5 (#120)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.3
LMArena Non-English14651385
LMArena Chinese15191422
LMArena French14931412
LMArena German14721395
LMArena Japanese14851379
LMArena Korean14481356
LMArena Russian14801399
LMArena Spanish14541398

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), Grok 4.3: 72.1 (#140)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.3
LMArena Instruction Following14691366

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#123)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.3
LMArena Longer Query14731393
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), Grok 4.3: 58.5 (#118)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok 4.3
LMArena Text14691397
LMArena Creative Writing14391380
EQ-Bench 412721075
LMArena Multi-Turn14821406
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Grok 4.3?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index. Grok 4.3 costs 3.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 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 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GPT-5.4 or Grok 4.3 better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 41.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

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

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

39 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.3 has 40.

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