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Grok 4 vs o3 Pro

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Winner summary

o3 Pro wins 4 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · knowledge.

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coding·o3 Proreasoning·Grok 4knowledge·o3 Pro
Hype vs Reality
Grok 4
#87 by perf·#15 by attention
UNDERRATED
o3 Pro
#42 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
Grok 4
n/a
no price
o3 Pro
1.2 pts/$
$50.00/M
Vendor risk
xAI logo
xAI
$250.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Head to head
Grok 4o3 Pro
Aider polyglot
o3 Pro leads by +5.3
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
Grok 4
79.6
o3 Pro
84.9
ARC-AGI
Grok 4 leads by +7.3
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
Grok 4
66.7
o3 Pro
59.3
ARC-AGI-2
Grok 4 leads by +11.1
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
Grok 4
16.0
o3 Pro
4.9
Fiction.LiveBench
o3 Pro leads by +2.8
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
Grok 4
94.4
o3 Pro
97.2
Lech Mazur Writing
o3 Pro leads by +7.5
Lech Mazur Writing · evaluates creative writing ability, assessing prose quality, narrative coherence, and stylistic sophistication.
Grok 4
76.9
o3 Pro
84.4
WeirdML
o3 Pro leads by +12.5
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
Grok 4
45.7
o3 Pro
58.2
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkGrok 4o3 Pro
Aider polyglot
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
79.684.9
ARC-AGI
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
66.759.3
ARC-AGI-2
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
16.04.9
Fiction.LiveBench
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
94.497.2
Lech Mazur Writing
Lech Mazur Writing · evaluates creative writing ability, assessing prose quality, narrative coherence, and stylistic sophistication.
76.984.4
WeirdML
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
45.758.2
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
xAI logoGrok 4————
OpenAI logoo3 Pro$20.00$80.00200K tokens (~100 books)$350.00