# Grok 4.6 vs Inkling

> Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 44.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-6-vs-inkling
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 38

## Summary

- They share 38 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 7 categories and Inkling in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4.6 leads 67.0 to 31.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 51% for Grok 4.6 and 0% for Inkling.
- Inkling is cheaper at $1.87 / $4.68 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.6.
- Grok 4.6 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 66K.
- Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 56.9 | 44.1 |
| Rank | 21 | 80 |
| Context | 500K | 66K |
| Input $/M | $2 | $1.87 |
| Output $/M | $6 | $4.68 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16)
- Inkling: 34.5 (#234)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | 48% | 14% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1617 | 1413 |
| FrontierSWE | 25.3% | 4.1% |
| SciCode | 56.5% | 47% |
| WeirdML | 67.3% | 32.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1465 | 1464 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,508 | 946 |
| DeepSWE | 67.5% | — |
| CursorBench | 41.4% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27)
- Inkling: 29.6 (#85)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 65.3% | 33.8% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 25% |
| GDP.pdf | 17.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 9,047 | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20)
- Inkling: 40.4 (#56)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 67.1% | 36.5% |
| SimpleBench | 75.9% | 50% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.5% | 79.5% |
| CritPt | 19.7% | 5.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | 40% | 21% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1451 |
| DTBench | 97.3% | 87.5% |
| LMCA | 48.5% | 37.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.44 | 148.54 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 80% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 30.5% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 34% | — |

## Math

- Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24)
- Inkling: 31.3 (#225)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 66% | 33.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 31.7% | 4.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 99.2% | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | 51% | 0% |
| LMArena Math | 1423 | 1479 |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20)
- Inkling: 55.1 (#49)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94% | 88.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 49.3% | 40.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1467 | 1465 |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23)
- Inkling: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.2% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 40% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1452 | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74)
- Inkling: 54.0 (#52)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1434 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1480 | 1490 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | 1458 |
| LMArena German | 1431 | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1376 | 1429 |
| LMArena Korean | 1397 | 1404 |
| LMArena Russian | 1422 | 1429 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1404 | 1448 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63)
- Inkling: 75.1 (#71)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1431 | 1426 |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66)
- Inkling: 43.8 (#86)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1454 | 1434 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80)
- Inkling: 65.2 (#51)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1428 | 1387 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1425 | 1436 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1611 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1226 |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.6 better than Inkling?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 44.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Inkling?

Inkling is cheaper. It lists at $1.87 per million input tokens and $4.68 per million output tokens; Grok 4.6 lists at $2 and $6.

### Is Grok 4.6 or Inkling better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.6 does, with 500K tokens against 66K.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Inkling share?

38 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.