GPT-5 vs Grok 4.1 Fast
Head to head on 20 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| GPT-5 OpenAI | 48.3% | 61.1% | 1623elo | 72.8 | 68.6% | 6.6% | 45.0% | 83.4% | 54.3% | 49.6% | 83.7% | 82.0% | 65.5% | 18.0% | 43.7% | 37.8% | 73.4% | 12.9% | 20.1% | 0.0% | 46.7% | - | 91.1% | 88.0% | 94.6% | 0.0% | 0.15 | 0.0% | 68.1% | 4.58 | 57.7% | 80.0% | 80.0% | 91.7% | 32.4% | 0.0% | 88.9% | 83.3% | 100.0% | - | 48.9% | - | 58.2% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37.5% | 0.52 | 1.62 | 100.0% | 86.1% | - | 0.0% | 92.7% | 92.7% | - | 93.3% | 10.0% | 0.0% | 60.0% | 0.26 | 0.0% | 74.9% | 74.4% | 2.34 | 87.5% | 0.86 | 54.8% | 90.0% | 90.0% | 56.7% |
| Grok 4.1 Fast xAI | 34.3% | 66.0% | 1324elo | 40.1 | 63.7% | 5.1% | 36.5% | 80.2% | 39.9% | 28.1% | 78.7% | 74.3% | 42.6% | 4.0% | 31.3% | 29.6% | 73.1% | 14.4% | 1.2% | 63.7% | - | 62.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.8 | - | 35.0% | - | 64.7% | 69.6% | 52.2% | 28.2% | 74.3% | 83.7% | 80.2% | - | - | - | - | - | 60.8% | - | - | - | 100.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51.0% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GPT-5 OpenAI | Grok 4.1 Fast xAI |
|---|---|---|
| Description | OpenAI's August 2025 unified frontier model that auto-routes between a fast model and a deeper "thinking" variant. | Grok 4.1 Fast is an AI model from xAI. |
| Family | GPT 5 | Grok |
| Params | Undisclosed (closed) | - |
| Open weights | closed | closed |
| License | Proprietary | proprietary |
| Released | 7 Aug 2025 | 19 Nov 2025 |
| Context | 400,000 | - |
| Input $/1M | - | - |
| Output $/1M | - | - |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.125 | - |
| Cache write $/1M | - | - |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text, image, file | text |
| Providers | openai | - |
| Publisher | OpenAI | xAI |
| Reported scores | Infraresolutionbench80.2% (150 samples) Agent Diff Bench62.0% (179 samples) Medpt100.0% (15 samples) Hanabi11.8 (15 samples) SciCode29.6% (AA) |
FAQ
- Is GPT-5 or Grok 4.1 Fast better?
- Across the 20 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, GPT-5 leads on 17 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do GPT-5 and Grok 4.1 Fast compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GPT-5 scores 68.6% and Grok 4.1 Fast scores 63.7% on GPQA Diamond.
- When were GPT-5 and Grok 4.1 Fast released?
- GPT-5 was released 7 Aug 2025 by OpenAI. Grok 4.1 Fast was released 19 Nov 2025 by xAI.
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