Grok 4.6 Legacy
Grok 4.6 is a model from xAI, listed under Language models. It was released in August 2026. It costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens. It costs less than 55% of the 87 available models in its category. It accepts up to 500k tokens per request. xAI points to Grok 4.7 as its replacement. Prices as of Oct 22, 2026, from the provider's official pricing page.
Still available, but superseded by a newer model.
Recommended replacement: Grok 4.7
- Headline price
- $3.00 / 1M tokens
- Input
- $2.00 per 1M tokens
- Output
- $6.00 per 1M tokens
- Context window
- 500k tokens
Current prices
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Input | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output | $6.00 / 1M tokens |
| Cached input | $0.50 / 1M tokens |
| Input Above 200k tokens | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output Above 200k tokens | $12.00 / 1M tokens |
| Cached input Above 200k tokens | $1.00 / 1M tokens |
Checked against the provider page on Oct 22, 2026.
Price history
No price change recorded for this model yet.
How it compares
Show data
| Model | Value |
|---|---|
| GPT-5 nano | $0.1375 / 1M tokens |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | $0.1488 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | $0.175 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-4.1 nano | $0.175 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | $0.20 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6 Luna | $0.20 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6 Luna Pro | $0.20 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-4o Mini | $0.2625 / 1M tokens |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | $0.3234 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | $0.45 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.4 nano | $0.4625 / 1M tokens |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | $0.525 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | $0.5625 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5 Mini | $0.6875 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-4.1 Mini | $0.70 / 1M tokens |
| Mistral Large 4 | $0.75 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-3.5 Turbo | $0.75 / 1M tokens |
| Qwen3.8 27B | $0.775 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.85 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.85 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 3 Flash | $1.13 / 1M tokens |
| Grok Build 0.1 | $1.25 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $1.50 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | $1.50 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | $1.50 / 1M tokens |
| Grok 4.3 | $1.56 / 1M tokens |
| Grok 4.20 Reasoning | $1.56 / 1M tokens |
| Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning | $1.56 / 1M tokens |
| Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | $1.56 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.4 Mini | $1.69 / 1M tokens |
| o3-mini | $1.93 / 1M tokens |
| o4-mini | $1.93 / 1M tokens |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | $1.98 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6.1 Terra | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6.1 Terra Pro | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
| Grok 4.7 | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
| Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
| Grok 4.5 | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini Omni Flash | $3.38 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5 | $3.44 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | $3.44 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.1 | $3.44 / 1M tokens |
| o3 | $3.50 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-4.1 | $3.50 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 4 Argon | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6 Sol | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6 Sol Pro | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6.1 Sol Pro | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| Kimi K3.1 Pro | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | $4.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-4o | $4.38 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | $4.50 / 1M tokens |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | $4.50 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.2 | $4.81 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.3-Codex | $4.81 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.4 | $5.63 / 1M tokens |
| Qwen3.8 Max Prime | $6.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | $6.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | $6.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | $8.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | $8.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 5 | $10.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | $10.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | $10.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | $10.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | $10.00 / 1M tokens |
| Chat Latest | $11.25 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.5 | $11.25 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-4 Turbo | $15.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | $20.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6 Astra | $20.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Mythos 5.1 | $20.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-6 Astra Pro | $20.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Fable 5 | $20.00 / 1M tokens |
| Claude Mythos 5 | $20.00 / 1M tokens |
| o1 | $26.25 / 1M tokens |
| o3-pro | $35.00 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-4 | $37.50 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5 Pro | $41.25 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.2 Pro | $57.75 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.4 Pro | $67.50 / 1M tokens |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | $67.50 / 1M tokens |
| o1-pro | $263 / 1M tokens |
| Grok 4.6 | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
Show data
| Model | Value |
|---|---|
| GPT-6 Astra | 1.05M |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | 1.05M |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1.05M |
| GPT-6 Sol | 1.05M |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | 1.05M |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | 1.05M |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | 1.05M |
| GPT-6 Astra Pro | 1.05M |
| GPT-6 Luna Pro | 1.05M |
| GPT-6 Sol Pro | 1.05M |
| GPT-6.1 Sol Pro | 1.05M |
| GPT-6.1 Terra | 1.05M |
| GPT-6.1 Terra Pro | 1.05M |
| GPT-5.4 | 1.05M |
| GPT-5.4 Pro | 1.05M |
| GPT-5.5 | 1.05M |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | 1.05M |
| Gemini 4 Argon | 1.05M |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | 1.05M |
| Gemini Omni Flash | 1.05M |
| Muse Wonder | 1.05M |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | 1.05M |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | 1.05M |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | 1.05M |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | 1.05M |
| Kimi K3.1 Pro | 1.05M |
| Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | 1.05M |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | 1.05M |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | 1.05M |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | 1.05M |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | 1.05M |
| Gemini 3 Flash | 1.05M |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | 1.05M |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | 1.05M |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | 1.05M |
| Muse Spark 1.1 | 1.05M |
| Muse Spark 1.2 | 1.05M |
| GPT-4.1 | 1.05M |
| GPT-4.1 Mini | 1.05M |
| GPT-4.1 nano | 1.05M |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | 1M |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 1M |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | 1M |
| Grok 4.3 | 1M |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | 1M |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 1M |
| Kimi K3 | 1M |
| Claude Mythos 5.1 | 1M |
| Grok 4.20 Reasoning | 1M |
| Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning | 1M |
| Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | 1M |
| Z.ai GLM 5.3 (on Mistral) | 1M |
| Qwen3.8 27B | 1M |
| Qwen3.8 Max Prime | 1M |
| Mistral Large 4 | 1M |
| Claude Fable 5 | 1M |
| Claude Mythos 5 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 5 | 1M |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | 1M |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | 1M |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 1M |
| Grok 4.7 | 500k |
| Grok 4.5 | 500k |
| GPT-5.6 Cyber | 400k |
| Chat Latest | 400k |
| GPT-5 | 400k |
| GPT-5 Mini | 400k |
| GPT-5 nano | 400k |
| GPT-5 Pro | 400k |
| GPT-5.2 | 400k |
| GPT-5.2 Pro | 400k |
| GPT-5.4 Mini | 400k |
| GPT-5-Codex | 400k |
| GPT-5.1 | 400k |
| GPT-5.1-Codex | 400k |
| GPT-5.1-Codex Mini | 400k |
| GPT-5.1-Codex-Max | 400k |
| GPT-5.2-Codex | 400k |
| GPT-5.3-Codex | 400k |
| GPT-5.4 nano | 400k |
| Grok Build 0.1 | 256k |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | 256k |
| Mistral Small 4 | 256k |
| Ministral 3 14B | 256k |
| Ministral 3 8B | 256k |
| Ministral 3 3B | 256k |
| Command A | 256k |
| Command A Reasoning | 256k |
| North Mini Code | 256k |
| Kimi K2.7 Code | 256k |
| Mistral Large 3 | 256k |
| Kimi K2.6 | 256k |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | 200k |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 200k |
| o3 | 200k |
| o3-pro | 200k |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 200k |
| codex-mini-latest | 200k |
| o1 | 200k |
| o1-pro | 200k |
| o3-deep-research | 200k |
| o3-mini | 200k |
| o4-mini | 200k |
| o4-mini-deep-research | 200k |
| gpt-oss-120b | 131k |
| gpt-oss-20b | 131k |
| Command A+ | 128k |
| Codestral | 128k |
| Aya Expanse 32B | 128k |
| Command A Vision | 128k |
| Command R7B | 128k |
| Command R (08-2024) | 128k |
| Command R+ (08-2024) | 128k |
| ChatGPT-4o | 128k |
| GPT-4 Turbo | 128k |
| GPT-4 Turbo Preview | 128k |
| GPT-4.5 Preview | 128k |
| GPT-4o | 128k |
| GPT-4o Mini | 128k |
| GPT-4o Mini Search Preview | 128k |
| GPT-4o Search Preview | 128k |
| GPT-5 Chat | 128k |
| GPT-5.1 Chat | 128k |
| GPT-5.2 Chat | 128k |
| GPT-5.3 Chat | 128k |
| o1 Preview | 128k |
| o1-mini | 128k |
| Command R | 128k |
| Command R+ | 128k |
| Voxtral Small | 32k |
| GPT-3.5 Turbo | 16k |
| babbage-002 | 16k |
| davinci-002 | 16k |
| Aya Vision 32B | 16k |
| computer-use-preview | 8k |
| GPT-4 | 8k |
| Tiny Aya Earth | 8k |
| Tiny Aya Global | 8k |
| Grok 4.6 | 500k |
Benchmarks
| Benchmarks | Score |
|---|---|
| Intelligence Index Artificial Analysis's composite score across about ten independent evaluations (reasoning, knowledge, coding, agentic work, long context), run the same way for every model. The strongest models score in the 50s. | 44.3 |
| SciCode Writing code to solve research-level problems in physics, chemistry, biology and maths, checked by tests. | 56.5% |
| GPQA Diamond Graduate-level questions in biology, physics and chemistry, written to be resistant to web search. PhD holders in the relevant field score around 65%, so scores above that indicate genuine domain reasoning rather than recall. | 94.9% |
| Humanity's Last Exam About 2,500 expert-written questions at the frontier of human knowledge across maths, science and the humanities. Even the best models answer well under two thirds. | 42.9% |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR) Questions that require reasoning across several long documents at once (around 100k tokens), not just finding one passage. | 80.3% |
Independent evaluations by Artificial Analysis, run the same way for every model, at the reasoning setting shown. Percentages unless marked as an index. Source
Alternatives
Same category, closest price, other providers first.
More from xAI
| # | Model | Input | Output | Context | Released | Capabilities | Price change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Grok 4.7
xAI
|
$2.00 | $6.00 | 500k | September 2026 | VisionReasoningTool calling | |
| 2 |
Grok 4.3
xAI
|
$1.25 | $2.50 | 1M | Apr 30, 2026 | VisionReasoningTool calling | |
| 3 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 1M | March 2026 | VisionReasoningTool calling | ||
| 4 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 1M | March 2026 | VisionTool calling | ||
| 5 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 1M | March 2026 | VisionReasoningTool calling | ||
| 6 |
Grok Build 0.1
xAI
|
$1.00 | $2.00 | 256k | May 2026 | VisionReasoningTool calling |
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Grok 4.6 cost?
Grok 4.6 is priced at input $2.00 / 1M tokens, output $6.00 / 1M tokens, cached input $0.50 / 1M tokens, according to xAI's published pricing (checked Oct 22, 2026).
What is the context window of Grok 4.6?
Grok 4.6 accepts up to 500k tokens per request.
Is Grok 4.6 still available?
Yes, but xAI lists it as a legacy model and recommends newer ones. xAI points to Grok 4.7 as its replacement.
When was Grok 4.6 released?
Grok 4.6 was released in August 2026.
What is the API model ID for Grok 4.6?
Use grok-4.6 when calling the xAI API.
What are the alternatives to Grok 4.6?
Models in the same category at a similar price include Grok 4.7 (xAI), Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B (Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)), Gemini Omni Flash (Google) and Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Anthropic).