SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 matches OpenAI's best model and undercuts it on price
xAI's Grok 4.6 scores 61 points on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, tying GPT-5.6 Sol and trailing only Anthropic's Claude Opus 5. On agentic tasks, it completes complex workflows in about 53 steps where Claude Opus 5 needs 103, at a price more than 60 percent lower. The article SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 matches OpenAI's best model and undercuts it on price appeared first on The Decoder .
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Published: 12 August 2026
Source: The Decoder
Category: News
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 13 August 2026
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