Model comparison

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) vs Ring-2.6-1T

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has enough public results to be ranked (#54); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) xAI

48.6

Rank #54 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher in 2 categories and Ring-2.6-1T in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads 52.3 to 26.1.
  • Ring-2.6-1T has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Ring-2.6-1T specifications
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Ring-2.6-1T
ProviderxAIAnt Group (inclusionAI)
Noometry Index48.636.9
Released2026-02-172026-05-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output30K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked463

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 42.1 (#112), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.7

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Ring-2.6-1T
ALE-Bench1,150432.57
LMArena WebDev1375—
SciCode—42.4%
WeirdML52.3%—
LMArena Coding1459—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 34.4 (#46), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Ring-2.6-1T
Terminal-Bench57.3%—
τ²-bench Banking18%—
LMArena Search1189—
Vending-Bench 24,663—

Reasoning Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.3 (#32), Ring-2.6-1T: 26.1

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Ring-2.6-1T
ARC-AGI-265.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%—
NYT Connections (extended)85.4%—
ARC-AGI-189.5%—
CritPt—3.7%
Chess Puzzles24%—
Thematic Generalization63.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1451—
DTBench90.1%—
LMCA38.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.98—
ForecastBench61.4—

Math Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 48.2 (#65), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Ring-2.6-1T
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)44.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
ProofBench14%—
LMArena Math1455—

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.8 (#60), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Ring-2.6-1T
GPQA Diamond89.3%—
SimpleQA Verified30.2%—
LMArena Expert1439—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 33.3 (#98), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1416—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 54.5 (#40), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Non-English1441—
LMArena Chinese1481—
LMArena French1476—
LMArena German1465—
LMArena Japanese1449—
LMArena Korean1417—
LMArena Russian1458—
LMArena Spanish1443—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 74.8 (#83), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Instruction Following1420—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 45.5 (#34), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Ring-2.6-1T
CL-bench22.2%—
CL-bench Life11.9%—
LMArena Longer Query1437—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 65.7 (#44), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Text1451—
LMArena Creative Writing1438—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1574—
LMArena Multi-Turn1456—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) better than Ring-2.6-1T?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has enough public results to be ranked (#54); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 40.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Ring-2.6-1T share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has 46 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.

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