SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6

SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6

x-ai · Released Aug 12, 2026
Intelligence #14 / 806
76.9 our score
Speed #234 / 340
60.9 tok/s
Input Price #656 / 806
$2.00 per 1M tokens
Output Price #635 / 806
$6.00 per 1M tokens
Context #214 / 806
500,000 tokens

Analysis Summary

Grok 4.6 is a high-performing model with especially strong coding results and strong agentic capability. It supports tool use and function calling, accepts images and files as well as text, and provides a 500K-token context window. This combination makes it a capable candidate for workflows that mix software tasks, document review, and tool-driven actions.

For client work, it can support coding assistants, agent prototypes, and analysis that combines text with visual or file inputs. Its broad capability profile is useful when a team wants one model for several demanding tasks. It is not the leading choice for the very highest reasoning workloads based on the provided intelligence results, so high-stakes analysis should be validated against stronger reasoning alternatives.

Pricing is $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens. Adopt it as a strong coding and multimodal agent option, with task-specific evaluation before expanding it to critical workflows.

Assessed September 23, 2026

Editorial notes

Grok 4.6 pairs excellent coding and agentic capability with vision, tool calling, and a 500K-token context window, making it well suited to coding and multimodal agent workflows.

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DFO Verdict

Grok 4.6 pairs excellent coding and agentic capability with vision, tool calling, and a 500K-token context window, making it well suited to coding and multimodal agent workflows.

#14 of 806 overall Up 1 this week

How SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 compares

SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 ranks #14 of 446 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #6 of 211 for coding, #8 of 194 for agentic tasks. Its 500K-token context window is larger than 73% of the models we list. At $2.00 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 19% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 98% of models #14
Speed: faster than 31% of models #234
Price: cheaper than 19% of models #656
Context: larger than 73% of models #214
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 $2.00 in $6.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 $4.00 in $20.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 $10.00 in $50.00 out
OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra $10.00 in $50.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Intelligence7.5Technical9.7Value7Content8.2
Performance profile

Strongest on technical. The pulled-in value corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $2.00 $0.002000
Output $6.00 $0.006000

What would SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 cost your business?

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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

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About SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6

Grok 4.6 is a model from SpaceXAI with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM. It is succeeded by Grok 4.7.

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Frequently asked questions about SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6

How much does SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 cost?

SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6?

SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 has a context window of 500,000 tokens (500K).

Is SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 good for coding?

On our coding benchmark index, SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 ranks #6 of 211 models, placing it in the top quartile of the field for code generation and debugging.

What can SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 do?

SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.

Who created SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6?

SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 is developed by SpaceXAI and was released on August 12, 2026.

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