Model Comparison 2026

Grok 4.20 vs Grok 4.3

Grok 4.20
xAI · Frontier · Proprietary
$1.63/1M · 2M ctx
Grok 4.3
xAI · Frontier · Proprietary
$1.63/1M · 1M ctx

Community Vote

Pick a winner in each dimension — change your vote anytime.

Output Quality
Correctness and depth of what it produces
Agentic Ability
Tool calls, instruction-following, and multi-step tasks
Speed
Tokens per second and time-to-first-token
Value for $
How much capability you get per dollar
Reliability
Consistent results — fewer refusals, loops, and format breaks

Specs & Pricing, Side by Side

Spec
Grok 4.20
Grok 4.3
Maker
xAI
xAI
Blended price / 1M
$1.63
$1.63
Input / output
$1.25 in · $2.50 out / 1M tokens
$1.25 in · $2.50 out / 1M tokens
Context window
2M
1M
Open weights
No
No
Tool use
Yes
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Yes
Output Quality
8.6
8.7
Agentic Ability
8.0
8.2
Speed
7.6
8.0
Value for $
8.5
8.6
Reliability
8.5
8.4

Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).

Verdict: Grok 4.20 or Grok 4.3?

Updated 2026-06-22

Choose Grok 4.20 if you want agents that genuinely need 2M tokens of context. Choose Grok 4.3 if you want frontier capability on a tighter budget.

In our editorial scoring, Grok 4.3 leads in 4 of five dimensions (output quality, agentic ability, speed and value for $), while Grok 4.20 leads in 1. On price, Grok 4.20 runs about $1.63 per 1M tokens (blended) and is proprietary; Grok 4.3 is about $1.63 and proprietary.

Where Grok 4.20 falls short
  • Big context costs add up fast
  • Smaller ecosystem than GPT/Claude
Full Grok 4.20 breakdown →
Where Grok 4.3 falls short
  • Tool-use polish behind Claude/GPT
  • Smaller ecosystem
Full Grok 4.3 breakdown →

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