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GPT-4.1 Mini vs Grok 4.6

Grok 4.6 leads GPT-4.1 Mini on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 44.3 to 10.2, and GPT-4.1 Mini costs 3.8x less per output token ($1.60 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 66 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GPT-4.1 Mini Replace Grok 4.6
GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
31.9
Output $/M
$1.60
2
Grok 4.6xAI
Coding
65.7
Overall
67.4
Output $/M
$6.00
64
vs boards won of 66 shared

GPT-4.1 Mini or Grok 4.6: which to pick

Only Grok 4.6 has a coding score, 65.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; GPT-4.1 Mini has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick GPT-4.1 Mini for output tokens 3.8x cheaper ($1.60 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 500K tokens).

Model AGPT-4.1 MiniOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$1.818 per solved taskModel BGrok 4.6xAI65.7/1006 independent benchmarks$0.82 per solved task
Shared results
66
GPT-4.1 Mini only
20
Grok 4.6 only
57
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
GPT-4.1 Mini not benchmarked, Grok 4.6 65.7 from 6 benchmarks.
Widest category
Web design, 38.4 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
ARC-AGI: GPT-4.1 Mini 3.5% against Grok 4.6 87.5%, 84.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GPT-4.1 Mini $1.60 against Grok 4.6 $6.00 per million output tokens, 3.8x apart.
Context window
GPT-4.1 Mini takes 1.05M tokens, Grok 4.6 500K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGPT-4.1 MiniBarsGrok 4.6Ties
Coding05
Intelligence02
Reasoning013
Math04
Knowledge28
Web design06
General026
All shared boards264
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index05
Coding benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGrok 4.6Leader
Aider polyglot32.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SWE-bench Verified23.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LiveBench codingNot measured89.1%Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena WebDevNot measured1617Only Grok 4.6 measured
AA Coding Index20.276.8Grok 4.6
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)58.2%88.2%Grok 4.6
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured95.6%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)Not measured17.2%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured76.2%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured44.6%Only Grok 4.6 measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured1.0%Only Grok 4.6 measured
IOI (Vals AI)Not measured47.6%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured78.3%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)Not measured14.8%Only Grok 4.6 measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured55.8%Only Grok 4.6 measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured67.7%Only Grok 4.6 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)48.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SciCodeNot measured56.5%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)7.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
FrontierCodeNot measured48.0%Only Grok 4.6 measured
FrontierSWENot measured25.3%Only Grok 4.6 measured
WeirdML37.6%67.3%Grok 4.6
ALE-BenchNot measured1508.1Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text: coding13671466Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: software and IT13601457Grok 4.6
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1631Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1597Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1603Only Grok 4.6 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGrok 4.6Leader
AA Intelligence Index10.244.3Grok 4.6
Epoch Capabilities Index134.9156.6Grok 4.6
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index24 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGrok 4.6Leader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured53.0Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building web appsNot measured1248Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack appsNot measured1264Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile appsNot measured1234Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building Android appsNot measured1291Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot gamesNot measured1276Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building gamesNot measured1209Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: HTML slidesNot measured1250Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slidesNot measured1237Only Grok 4.6 measured
LiveBench researchNot measured84.5%Only Grok 4.6 measured
LiveBench browserNot measured64.0%Only Grok 4.6 measured
LiveBench long agenticNot measured40.7%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured53.7%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured33.1%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured48.1%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured62.7%Only Grok 4.6 measured
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)Not measured72.2%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)Not measured11.4%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Vals Science IndexNot measured38.1%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Time Horizon Index (Vals AI)Not measured5.8%Only Grok 4.6 measured
τ²-Bench Telecom52.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
APEX-AgentsNot measured65.3%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$9,047Only Grok 4.6 measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)50.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index013
Reasoning benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGrok 4.6Leader
GPQA Diamond67.9%94.7%Grok 4.6
LiveBench reasoningNot measured91.2%Only Grok 4.6 measured
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)Not measured30.6%Only Grok 4.6 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)70.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)66.4%94.9%Grok 4.6
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)5.0%44.1%Grok 4.6
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)65.8%94.0%Grok 4.6
ARC-AGI3.5%87.5%Grok 4.6
ARC-AGI-20.0%67.1%Grok 4.6
SimpleBenchNot measured75.9%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Chess puzzles1.0%33.0%Grok 4.6
Mystery game puzzles7.0%34.0%Grok 4.6
EBR-benchNot measured30.5%Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13491448Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: expert13381469Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13621445Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: diagrams11821285Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: homework12141283Grok 4.6
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Math benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGrok 4.6Leader
AIME49.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)88.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MGSM (Vals AI)87.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
AA Math Index46.3Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)46.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
OTIS Mock AIME44.7%99.2%Grok 4.6
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 36.7%66.0%Grok 4.6
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured31.7%Only Grok 4.6 measured
ProofBenchNot measured51.0%Only Grok 4.6 measured
MATH level 587.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Text: math13431417Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: mathematical work13471464Grok 4.6
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index28
Knowledge benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGrok 4.6Leader
MMLU Pro77.2%89.4%Grok 4.6
LegalBench (Vals AI)78.0%86.3%Grok 4.6
CorpFin (Vals AI)57.9%66.2%Grok 4.6
TaxEval (Vals AI)71.9%71.1%GPT-4.1 Mini
MortgageTax (Vals AI)65.5%64.2%GPT-4.1 Mini
MedQA (Vals AI)84.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured44.7%Only Grok 4.6 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)78.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
SimpleQA Verified12.7%49.3%Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: science13281437Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13241420Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: legal and government13431429Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: business and finance13221416Grok 4.6
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
Web design benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGrok 4.6Leader
Design Arena: websites9971289Grok 4.6
Design Arena: UI components9581294Grok 4.6
Design Arena: game dev10701296Grok 4.6
Design Arena: data viz10341282Grok 4.6
Design Arena: 3D8361277Grok 4.6
Design Arena: all code categories9931292Grok 4.6
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1240Only Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1279Only Grok 4.6 measured
LiveBench designNot measured79.8%Only Grok 4.6 measured
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index026
General benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGrok 4.6Leader
LiveBench data analysisNot measured75.3%Only Grok 4.6 measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured66.8%Only Grok 4.6 measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured28.9%Only Grok 4.6 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured86.5%Only Grok 4.6 measured
IFBench38.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)44.0%81.0%Grok 4.6
DTBench68.8%97.3%Grok 4.6
LMCA21.1%48.5%Grok 4.6
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
Furniture assemblyNot measured40.0%Only Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text13411429Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: instruction following13331431Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: creative writing12991426Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision11811263Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: English13561433Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: non-English13181420Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: Chinese13291476Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: German13501426Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: Japanese12901378Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: Korean12981391Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: French13581455Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: Spanish13191414Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: Russian13241421Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: Polish13261430Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: multi-turn13541425Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: longer queries13441456Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: writing and language13191429Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13001421Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: English11911270Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: Chinese11861289Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: reading text11881272Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: humor11821270Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: captioning1174Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1187Not measuredOnly GPT-4.1 Mini measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing11821262Grok 4.6
LMArena DocumentNot measured1452Only Grok 4.6 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GPT-4.1 Mini and Grok 4.6
BenchmarkGPT-4.1 MiniGrok 4.6Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

GPT-4.1 Mini$0.0012Fits in one request
Grok 4.6$0.0050Fits in one request

GPT-4.1 Mini costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GPT-4.1 Mini$0.025Fits in one request
Grok 4.6$0.118Fits in one request

GPT-4.1 Mini costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GPT-4.1 Mini$0.096Fits in one request
Grok 4.6$0.460Fits in one request

GPT-4.1 Mini costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of GPT-4.1 Mini and Grok 4.6
SpecificationOpenAI GPT-4.1 MiniSpaceXAI Grok 4.6
MakerOpenAIxAI
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedApril 14, 2025August 12, 2026
Context window1.05M500K
Input $/Mtok$0.40$2.00
Output $/Mtok$1.60$6.00
Coding indexNot benchmarked65.7
Independent measurements behind it06
Cost per solved task$1.818$0.82
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GPT-4.1 Mini better than Grok 4.6 for coding?

Only Grok 4.6 has a coding score, 65.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; GPT-4.1 Mini has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GPT-4.1 Mini for output tokens 3.8x cheaper ($1.60 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 500K tokens).

Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 Mini or Grok 4.6?

GPT-4.1 Mini costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Grok 4.6 costs $2.00 and $6.00. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, GPT-4.1 Mini costs $1.818 and Grok 4.6 $0.82.

Which has the bigger context window, GPT-4.1 Mini or Grok 4.6?

GPT-4.1 Mini, with 1.05M tokens against 500K.

How many benchmarks is the GPT-4.1 Mini vs Grok 4.6 comparison based on?

66 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GPT-4.1 Mini's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Grok 4.6's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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