SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6
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.
Benchmarks
Artificial Analysis data refreshed Oct 18, 2026. Arena ratings from the Oct 13, 2026 text leaderboard, with style control.
How SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 compares
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6 ranks #17 of 439 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #5 of 198 for coding, #8 of 181 for agentic tasks. Its 500K-token context window is larger than 78% of the models we list. At $2.00 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 17% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $2.00 | $0.002000 |
| Output | $6.00 | $0.006000 |
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Talk to our teamAbout 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 #5 of 198 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.