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Discover how Open AI's GPT-6 Astra and xAI's Grok 4.6 stack up against each other in this comprehensive comparison of two leading AI language models. Released in September 2026 and August 2026 respectively, these models represent significant advancements in artificial intelligence, with GPT-6 Astra offering a 1,050,000-token context window and Grok 4.6 offering a 500,000-token context window.

Explore their capabilities, pricing, and performance metrics to find the right AI solution for your specific needs.

Models Overview

Open AI GPT-6 Astra
Grok 4.6

Provider

The company that provides the model.
Open AIxAI

Context Length

Maximum number of tokens the model can process
1.05M500K

Maximum Output

Maximum number of tokens the model can generate in one response
128KUnknown

Release Date

When the model was first released.
03-09-202608-2026

Knowledge Cutoff

When the model's training data ends.
2026-04-30Unknown

Open Source

Whether the model weights are openly available.
FALSEFALSE

Pricing Comparison

Compare the pricing of Open AI's GPT-6 Astra and xAI's Grok 4.6 to determine the most cost-effective solution for your AI needs. Prices are the standard API tier per million tokens, as published by each provider as of September 2026.

Open AI GPT-6 Astra
Grok 4.6

Input Cost

Cost per million input tokens
$10 / 1M tokens$2 / 1M tokens

Output Cost

Cost per million tokens generated
$50 / 1M tokens$6 / 1M tokens

Comparing Benchmarks and Performance

Compare the performances of Open AI's GPT-6 Astra and xAI's Grok 4.6 on industry benchmarks. Scores are the ones the providers and public leaderboards report; a benchmark neither reports is left out.

Open AI GPT-6 Astra
Grok 4.6

LMArena Elo

Crowd-sourced blind preference rating on the LMArena text leaderboard.
1,480Benchmark not available

Sources — GPT-6 Astra: developers.openai.com, arena.ai; Grok 4.6: docs.x.ai, x.ai.

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