Grok 4.6 Matches Competitor Performance at 85% Discount; Next-Gen to Include Cursor Data
altryne · x · 2026-08-13
The quoted reply analyzes xAI's Grok models:
- High Cost-Performance: Grok 4.6 offers roughly the same performance as Fable 5 Max but at an 85% discount, with input tokens 80% cheaper and output tokens 88% cheaper, achieving Pareto dominance.
- Next-Gen Outlook: Grok 4.7 is expected to be a significantly larger model, incorporating Cursor and SpaceX data into its pretraining to boost performance.
Related event: xAI Releases Grok 4.6 with Top Performance and Same Pricing(92 posts)→
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