# Grok 4.6 ![Grok 4.6 announcement header](https://x.ai/images/news/grok-4-6-og.png) > **Quick answer:** Grok 4.6 is xAI's August 2026 flagship model, focused on agentic coding and long-horizon task execution. It reports DeepSWE 65.9%, APEX-Agents 57.5%, AA Briefcase 1577 Elo, GDPVal-AA 1753 Elo, and an AA Intelligence Index of 61 — priced at $2 input / $6 output per 1M tokens, with a faster variant available at 2x that price. ## What Grok 4.6 Is Grok 4.6 is xAI's incremental flagship release following Grok 4.5, announced August 12, 2026. The release is positioned around agentic coding and tool-use reliability rather than raw knowledge benchmarks — xAI's announcement leads with scores on agent-native evals like DeepSWE, APEX-Agents, CursorBench, and FrontierCode rather than static knowledge tests. The model is available through Cursor, xAI's Grok Build product, the xAI API, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, and Cloudflare Workers AI at launch — a distribution footprint aimed squarely at developer coding tools rather than consumer chat. ## Specifications | Field | Value | |---|---| | Organization | xAI | | License | Proprietary (API only) | | Release date | August 12, 2026 | | Modality | Multimodal | | Knowledge cutoff | February 2026 | ## Public Benchmark Scores | Benchmark | Score | Source | Date | |---|---|---|---| | [DeepSWE](/benchmarks/datacurve/deepswe) | 65.9% | xAI Grok 4.6 announcement | 2026-08 | | [APEX-Agents](/benchmarks/mercor/apex-agents) | 57.5% | xAI Grok 4.6 announcement | 2026-08 | | [AA Briefcase](/benchmarks/artificial-analysis/aa-briefcase) | 1577 Elo | xAI Grok 4.6 announcement | 2026-08 | | [GDPVal-AA v2](/benchmarks/artificial-analysis/gdpval-aa-v2) | 1753 Elo | xAI Grok 4.6 announcement | 2026-08 | | [CursorBench](/benchmarks/cursor/cursorbench) | 69.9% | xAI Grok 4.6 announcement | 2026-08 | | [FrontierCode (Extended)](/benchmarks/cognition/frontiercode) | 61.3% | xAI Grok 4.6 announcement | 2026-08 | | [APEX-SWE](/benchmarks/mercor/apex-swe) | 56.4% | xAI Grok 4.6 announcement | 2026-08 | | [Terminal-Bench 3.0](/benchmarks/stanford-laude-institute/terminal-bench-3) | 26% | xAI Grok 4.6 announcement | 2026-08 | xAI also reports an **AA Intelligence Index score of 61** — Artificial Analysis's composite of nine evaluations. Benchgen does not maintain a standalone leaderboard page for this composite index; the score is cited here for completeness. *Scores as reported in xAI's own Grok 4.6 announcement (x.ai/news/grok-4-6, August 2026); not independently verified by Benchgen.* ## Pricing | Variant | Input (per 1M tokens) | Output (per 1M tokens) | |---|---|---| | Grok 4.6 | $2.00 | $6.00 | | Grok 4.6 Fast | $4.00 | $12.00 | Available via the xAI API, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, and Cloudflare Workers AI. ## Grok 4.6 vs Alternatives | Model | DeepSWE | AA Briefcase | Price (in/out per 1M) | |---|---|---|---| | **Grok 4.6** | 65.9% | 1577 Elo | $2 / $6 | | [Grok 4.5](/models/xai/grok-4-5) | — | — | $2 / $6 | ## Use Grok 4.6 via API ```python from openai import OpenAI # xAI API is OpenAI-compatible client = OpenAI(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY", base_url="https://api.x.ai/v1") response = client.chat.completions.create( model="grok-4-6", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Refactor this function for readability..."}], ) print(response.choices[0].message.content) ``` ## Related Models & Benchmarks - Compare: [Grok 4.5](/models/xai/grok-4-5) · [Grok 4](/models/xai/grok-4) - Benchmarks: [DeepSWE](/benchmarks/datacurve/deepswe) · [APEX-Agents](/benchmarks/mercor/apex-agents) · [AA Briefcase](/benchmarks/artificial-analysis/aa-briefcase) · [GDPVal-AA v2](/benchmarks/artificial-analysis/gdpval-aa-v2) ## Frequently Asked Questions

What is Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is xAI's August 2026 flagship model, focused on agentic coding and long-horizon task execution, succeeding Grok 4.5.

How much does Grok 4.6 cost?

$2 per 1M input tokens and $6 per 1M output tokens; a faster variant is priced at $4 / $12 per 1M tokens.

Is Grok 4.6 open source?

No — Grok 4.6 is proprietary and available only via API.

What is Grok 4.6's knowledge cutoff?

February 2026.

--- *Specs and scores sourced from xAI's official Grok 4.6 announcement. Last updated 2026-08-12.*

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