# Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent vs o1

> Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-20-multi-agent-vs-o1
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent scores higher in 6 categories and o1 in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads 43.9 to 27.9.
- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is cheaper at $1.25 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $15 / $60 for o1.
- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 46.2 | 40.9 |
| Rank | 65 | 143 |
| Context | 1M | 200K |
| Input $/M | $1.25 | $15 |
| Output $/M | $2.50 | $60 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.0 (#92)
- o1: 46.1 (#70)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1457 | 1367 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 61.7% |
| WeirdML | — | 47.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 69.7% |
| CadEval | — | 56% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 80.2% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: —
- o1: 24.6 (#117)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 10% |
| LMArena Search | 1204 | — |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 51.1% |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.9 (#48)
- o1: 27.9 (#111)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1448 | 1371 |
| SimpleBench | — | 41.7% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 89.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 30.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 15% |
| EnigmaEval | — | 5.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 91.6% |
| DTBench | — | 74.7% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65.5% |
| LMCA | — | 22.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.91 |
| LiveBench | — | 75.7% |

## Math

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 39.4 (#104)
- o1: 36.1 (#175)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1442 | 1388 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 14.7% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 80.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 94.7% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 9.3% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 40.4 (#119)
- o1: 41.5 (#110)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1445 | 1361 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 76.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 41.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 11.7% |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 40.5 (#48)
- o1: 34.2 (#93)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1259 | 1168 |
| GeoBench | — | 80% |
| VPCT | — | 37% |
| SpatialViz-Bench | — | 41.4% |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 54.4 (#43)
- o1: 48.6 (#142)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1440 | 1358 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1475 | 1394 |
| LMArena French | 1466 | 1344 |
| LMArena German | 1456 | 1337 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1405 | 1346 |
| LMArena Korean | 1416 | 1396 |
| LMArena Russian | 1457 | 1356 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1447 | 1345 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 74.8 (#84)
- o1: 74.8 (#86)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1367 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.5% |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.7 (#88)
- o1: 50.3 (#9)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1431 | 1378 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 64.0 (#59)
- o1: 55.6 (#144)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1450 | 1366 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1436 | 1348 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1452 | 1369 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 70.2% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 65.4% |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent better than o1?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent or o1?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; o1 lists at $15 and $60.

### Is Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent or o1 better for coding?

o1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.1 versus 43.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent does, with 1M tokens against 200K.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent and o1 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent has 20 scored results on Noometry and o1 has 52.