AI Models · Paid vs Paid

o1-pro Paid vs Grok 4.6 Paid

o1-pro vs Grok 4.6 compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Full 2026 breakdown.

Prices & specs refreshed from live data · olud.ai

Open-model prices = cheapest provider via OpenRouter; official maker rates may be higher.

o1-proPaidOpenAI
$150 /M input
$600 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window200K tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
Grok 4.6PaidxAI
$2 /M input
$6 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window500K tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
Choose Grok 4.6 for the lower output price ($6/M vs $600/M). It also gives you the larger 500K context window.

o1-pro vs Grok 4.6 specs

Speco1-proGrok 4.6Winner
MakerOpenAIxAI
TypeProprietaryProprietary
Context window200K tokens500K tokensGrok 4.6
Input price$150/M$2/MGrok 4.6
Output price$600/M$6/MGrok 4.6
Vision / multimodalYesYes= Tie
Tool / function callingNoYesGrok 4.6
Self-hostableNo (API only)No (API only)
LicenseProprietaryProprietary

Price gap & when to choose each

100×cheaper per output token

Grok 4.6 is ~100× cheaper than o1-pro on output tokens ($6 vs $600 per M tokens).

Choose o1-pro if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure
Choose Grok 4.6 if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You need the longer 500K context window
  • You want the lower output price
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure

Feature comparison

Capabilityo1-proGrok 4.6
Open weights (downloadable)
Self-hostable
Runs fully offline
Vision / multimodal
Tool / function calling
1M+ context window

Benchmarks: o1-pro vs Grok 4.6

Independent benchmark scores measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better (except latency).

o1-pro
Grok 4.6
Intelligence index
12.4
44.4
Coding index
76.8
GPQA
94.9%
Humanity's Last Exam
42.9%
Long Context Reasoning
80.3%
SciCode
56.5%
τ-Bench Banking
50.7%
Terminal-Bench
88.4%
Speed
0 tok/s
71.4 tok/s
Latency
0s
38.01s
Intelligence per $
0
14.8

Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis.

How o1-pro and Grok 4.6 score

🏆 Best value & openness: Grok 4.6 (3.2 vs 2.4 / 5)
Criteriono1-proGrok 4.6
Cost-efficiency2.04.0
Context window4.04.5
Openness1.51.5
Self-hosting1.01.0
Multimodality3.55.0

Scores come from live data — output price (cost), context length, open vs closed weights (openness & self-hosting) and vision/tool support (multimodality). Raw task quality isn't scored here; it depends on your benchmark — see the verdict.

What each model is

o1-pro Paid

OpenAI · Proprietary

The o1 series of models are trained with reinforcement learning to think before they answer and perform complex reasoning. The o1-pro model uses more compute to think harder and provide...

Grok 4.6 Paid

xAI · Proprietary

Grok 4.6 is SpaceXAI's smartest model with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM.

Other models in these families

These variants are tracked but not compared here — one page per family keeps the comparison readable.

Other variants tracked
Grok 4.5Grok 4.20Grok 4.3Grok 4.3 (batch)Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentGrok Build 0.1

Frequently asked questions

o1-pro vs Grok 4.6 — which is cheaper?

Grok 4.6 is cheaper on output ($6/M vs $600/M).

Which has the larger context window?

Grok 4.6 offers the larger context window (500K tokens).

o1-pro vs Grok 4.6 — which should I pick in 2026?

Choose Grok 4.6 for the lower output price ($6/M vs $600/M). It also gives you the larger 500K context window.

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