Grok 4.6 vs Summarize
Updated October 21, 2026. 0 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Grok 4.6xAI
- Coding
- 65.7
- Overall
- 44.3
- Output $/M
- $6.00
S SummarizeScaledown
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- No data
vs 500K vs 1M context window. Summarize fits 2.0x more.
Decision reading
Only Grok 4.6 has a coding score, 65.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Summarize has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Summarize has the edge where the context window is larger, 1M against 500K tokens.
Model AGrok 4.6xAI65.7/1006 independent benchmarks$0.82 per solved taskModel BSummarizeScaledownNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
- Shared results
- 0
- Grok 4.6 only
- 123
- Summarize only
- 0
- Like-for-like categories
- 0 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Grok 4.6 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Grok 4.6 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 44.3.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Grok 4.6 has a AA Agentic Index result, 53.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Grok 4.6 has a GPQA Diamond result, 94.7%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Grok 4.6 has a MMLU Pro result, 89.4%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Grok 4.6 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1289.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Summarize
Summarize takes 1M tokens against 500K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Summarize
Grok 4.6 $0.0050, Summarize $0.0000 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Grok 4.6 has the number, $0.82.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Grok 4.6 65.7 from 6 benchmarks, Summarize not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- No category has a result for both models.
- Widest single gap
- No benchmark has a result for both models.
- Output price
- Grok 4.6 $6.00 against Summarize Free per million output tokens.
- Context window
- Grok 4.6 takes 500K tokens, Summarize 1M.
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.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index24 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Summarize | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 89.1% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1617 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 76.8 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 88.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 95.6% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 17.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 76.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 44.6% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 1.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 47.6% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 78.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 14.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 55.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 67.7% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SciCode | 56.5% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| FrontierCode | 48.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| FrontierSWE | 25.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| WeirdML | 67.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1508.1 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1466 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1457 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1631 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1597 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1603 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Summarize | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 44.3 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.6 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Summarize | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 53.0 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1248 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1264 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1236 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1297 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1276 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1208 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1249 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1241 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench research | 84.5% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench browser | 64.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 40.7% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 53.7% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 33.1% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 48.1% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 62.7% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 72.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 11.4% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Vals Science Index | 38.1% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | 5.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 65.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $9,047 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index17 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Summarize | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94.7% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 91.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 30.6% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 94.9% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 44.1% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 94.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| ARC-AGI | 87.5% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 67.1% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SimpleBench | 75.9% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 33.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 34.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| EBR-bench | 30.5% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1448 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1469 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1445 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1285 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1283 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Summarize | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 99.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 66.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 31.7% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| ProofBench | 51.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1417 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1464 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Summarize | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 89.4% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 86.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 66.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 71.1% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 64.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 44.7% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 49.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1437 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1420 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1429 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1416 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Summarize | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1289 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1295 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1296 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1282 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1277 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1292 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1239 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1278 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LiveBench design | 79.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index32 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Summarize | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 75.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 66.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 28.9% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 86.5% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 81.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| DTBench | 97.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMCA | 48.5% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Furniture assembly | 40.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1429 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1431 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1426 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1433 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1420 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1476 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1426 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1378 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1391 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1455 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1414 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1421 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1430 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1425 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1456 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1429 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1421 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1270 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1289 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1272 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1270 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1262 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Document | 1452 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Summarize | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Grok 4.6$0.0050Fits in one request
Summarize$0.0000Fits in one request
Summarize costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Grok 4.6$0.118Fits in one request
Summarize$0.0020Fits in one request
Summarize costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Grok 4.6$0.460Fits in one request
Summarize$0.0080Fits in one request
Summarize 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.
| Specification | SpaceXAI Grok 4.6 | ScaleDown Summarize |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | xAI | Scaledown |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | August 12, 2026 | October 13, 2026 |
| Context window | 500K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.04 |
| Output $/Mtok | $6.00 | Free |
| Coding index | 65.7 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 6 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.82 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Grok 4.6 better than Summarize for coding?
Only Grok 4.6 has a coding score, 65.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Summarize has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Summarize has the edge where the context window is larger, 1M against 500K tokens.
Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Summarize?
Grok 4.6 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens; Summarize costs $0.04 and Free. Cost per solved task is known for Grok 4.6 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Grok 4.6 or Summarize?
Summarize, with 1M tokens against 500K.
How many benchmarks is the Grok 4.6 vs Summarize comparison based on?
0 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Grok 4.6's coding index rests on 6 independent benchmarks and Summarize's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.