Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Llama 4 Scout

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index. Llama 4 Scout costs 20× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 27 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.8

Rank #19 Confirmed

Llama 4 Scout Meta

27.4

Rank #323 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 10 categories and Llama 4 Scout in 0 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.3 to 9.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 99.2% for Grok 4.6 and 7.8% for Llama 4 Scout.
  • Llama 4 Scout is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.30 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.6.
  • Grok 4.6 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 128K.
  • Llama 4 Scout has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.6 and Llama 4 Scout specifications
Grok 4.6Llama 4 Scout
ProviderxAIMeta
Noometry Index56.827.4
Released2026-08-122025-04-05
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K128K
Max output500K4K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.10
Output $ / M tokens$6$0.30
Results tracked4943

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.0 (#14), Llama 4 Scout: 19.9 (#334)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 4 Scout
SciCode56.5%17%
LMArena Coding14641286
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—9.1%
CursorBench41.4%—
LMArena WebDev1620—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
WeirdML67.3%—
BigCodeBench Complete—43.1%
ALE-Bench1,508—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#25), Llama 4 Scout: 24.4 (#109)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 4 Scout
APEX-Agents65.3%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—28.1%
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.3 (#18), Llama 4 Scout: 9.2 (#339)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 4 Scout
ARC-AGI-267.1%0%
ARC-AGI-187.5%0.5%
CritPt19.7%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14451266
DTBench97.3%57.9%
LMCA48.5%12%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.48129.64
SimpleBench75.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—36.9%
NYT Connections (extended)80%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
EBR-Bench30.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
ForecastBench—57.5

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 66.8 (#19), Llama 4 Scout: 18.4 (#280)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 4 Scout
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%7.8%
LMArena Math14161286
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
ProofBench51%—
Omni-MATH—37.3%
MATH Level 5—62.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—0%

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#18), Llama 4 Scout: 31.8 (#208)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 4 Scout
GPQA Diamond94%51.8%
LMArena Expert14631236
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—
MMLU-Pro—74.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—7.7%
GPQA (HELM)—50.7%

Multimodal Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 43.9 (#18), Llama 4 Scout: 31.6 (#98)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 4 Scout
LMArena Vision12651118
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—
SpatialViz-Bench—34.2%

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 53.3 (#67), Llama 4 Scout: 41.3 (#207)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 4 Scout
LMArena Non-English14221253
LMArena Chinese14791256
LMArena French14581283
LMArena German14251274
LMArena Japanese13831209
LMArena Korean13951207
LMArena Russian14271263
LMArena Spanish14081277

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 75.6 (#59), Llama 4 Scout: 66.0 (#212)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 4 Scout
LMArena Instruction Following14311248
IFEval—81.8%

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 44.4 (#62), Llama 4 Scout: 27.5 (#289)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 4 Scout
LMArena Longer Query14531265
Fiction.LiveBench—36%

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 62.5 (#77), Llama 4 Scout: 37.1 (#256)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 4 Scout
LMArena Text14271279
LMArena Creative Writing14301249
LMArena Multi-Turn14221281
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—783
WildBench—78%

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Llama 4 Scout?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index. Llama 4 Scout costs 20× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Llama 4 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Grok 4.6 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.6 or Llama 4 Scout better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 19.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.6 does, with 500K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Llama 4 Scout share?

27 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Llama 4 Scout has 43.

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