gpt-4.1 vs grok-4
Side-by-side comparison of gpt-4.1 and grok-4— benchmarks, pricing, context window and capabilities. Both are accessible through Requesty's unified API. grok-4 outperforms gpt-4.1 on 11 of 11 shared benchmarks.
gpt-4.1
Input / 1M
$2.00
Output / 1M
$8.00
Context
1.0M
Model ID
openai/gpt-4.1
xAI Corp.
grok-4
Input / 1M
$3.00
Output / 1M
$15.00
Context
256K
Model ID
xai/grok-4
Benchmark comparison
Intelligence Indexreasoning
gpt-4.126.3%
grok-441.5%
Coding Indexcoding
gpt-4.121.8%
grok-440.5%
Math Indexmath
gpt-4.134.7%
grok-492.7%
GPQA Diamondreasoning
gpt-4.166.6%
grok-487.7%
AIME 2025math
gpt-4.134.7%
grok-492.7%
LiveCodeBenchcoding
gpt-4.145.7%
grok-481.9%
Terminal-Bench Hardagentic
gpt-4.113.6%
grok-437.9%
τ²-Benchagentic
gpt-4.147.1%
grok-474.9%
SciCodecoding
gpt-4.138.1%
grok-445.7%
MMLU Proknowledge
gpt-4.180.6%
grok-486.6%
Humanity's Last Examreasoning
gpt-4.14.6%
grok-423.9%
Scores sourced from official model cards, Artificial Analysis, and public leaderboards. Benchmarks measure specific skills and don't capture every aspect of model quality.
Pricing & specifications
| gpt-4.1 | grok-4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $2.00 | $3.00 |
| Output price / 1M | $8.00 | $15.00 |
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 256K tokens |
| Max output | 33K tokens | — |
| Vision input | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | — | — |
| Prompt caching | Yes | Yes |
| Computer use | — | Yes |
| Provider | OpenAI Inc. | xAI Corp. |
Questions people ask
Is gpt-4.1 better than grok-4?
grok-4 outperforms gpt-4.1 on 11 of 11 shared benchmarks. See the benchmark comparison above for specifics — gpt-4.1 and grok-4 have different strengths across reasoning, coding, math and multimodal tasks.
Which is cheaper — gpt-4.1 or grok-4?
gpt-4.1 is cheaper. gpt-4.1 costs $2.00/$8.00 per 1M input/output tokens, while grok-4 costs $3.00/$15.00.
Can I use gpt-4.1 and grok-4 through the same API?
Yes. Requesty provides a single OpenAI-compatible API that routes to both. Change just the "model" parameter to switch — "openai/gpt-4.1" or "xai/grok-4" — no other code changes needed.
What are the context windows?
gpt-4.1 supports up to 1.0M tokens of context. grok-4 supports up to 256K tokens. Longer context means you can feed larger documents or codebases in a single prompt, though quality often degrades past 128K for most models.
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