Model comparison

Grok 4.3 vs Ring-2.6-1T

Grok 4.3 has enough public results to be ranked (#86); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.3 xAI

43.8

Rank #86 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.3 scores higher in 2 categories and Ring-2.6-1T in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.3 leads 35.9 to 26.1.
  • Ring-2.6-1T has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.3 and Ring-2.6-1T specifications
Grok 4.3Ring-2.6-1T
ProviderxAIAnt Group (inclusionAI)
Noometry Index43.836.9
Released2026-04-172026-05-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output30K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked403

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Grok 4.3: 41.6 (#121), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.7

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Ring-2.6-1T
SciCode47.3%42.4%
ALE-Bench944.17432.57
LMArena WebDev1357—
WeirdML49.9%—
LMArena Coding1415—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 27.7 (#99), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Ring-2.6-1T
GDP.pdf8%—
LMArena Search1165—
Vending-Bench 235.26—

Reasoning Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 35.9 (#68), Ring-2.6-1T: 26.1

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Ring-2.6-1T
CritPt8%3.7%
NYT Connections (extended)55.2%—
Chess Puzzles25%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1396—
DTBench90.7%—
LMCA38.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.16—
ForecastBench60.3—

Math Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 46.0 (#74), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Ring-2.6-1T
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)42.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 414.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%—
ProofBench11%—
LMArena Math1388—

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#62), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Ring-2.6-1T
GPQA Diamond88.8%—
SimpleQA Verified33.2%—
LMArena Expert1385—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#104), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Vision1229—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 50.5 (#120), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Non-English1385—
LMArena Chinese1422—
LMArena French1412—
LMArena German1395—
LMArena Japanese1379—
LMArena Korean1356—
LMArena Russian1399—
LMArena Spanish1398—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 72.1 (#140), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Instruction Following1366—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#123), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Longer Query1393—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 58.5 (#118), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Text1397—
LMArena Creative Writing1380—
EQ-Bench 41075—
LMArena Multi-Turn1406—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.3 better than Ring-2.6-1T?

Grok 4.3 has enough public results to be ranked (#86); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Grok 4.3 or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (41.6 vs 40.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.3 and Ring-2.6-1T share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.

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