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Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning vs Grok 4.3

SpecGrok 4.1 Fast ReasoningGrok 4.3
Respan Index22.7 (#105)22.3 (#107)
Blended price per 1M-$1.25
Context window2M1M
Input / output per 1M-$1 / $2
Max output--
Inputtexttext, vision
Released2025-11-19-

Respan Index by category

Each category is scored 0 to 100, and how far ahead the winner is. Leads under a point are close to even.

CategoryGrok 4.1 Fast ReasoningGrok 4.3
Coding6.2* Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning5.5 Grok 4.3
Agents28.8 Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning5.0 Grok 4.3
Reasoning21.0 Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning35.8 Grok 4.3
Knowledge & language17.1* Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning33.0 Grok 4.3
Human preference46.4 Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning49.6 Grok 4.3

* Estimated: no published scores in that category. How the Respan Index works

Benchmarks both report

Grok 4.3 leads on 3 of the 5 benchmarks both report. Higher is better. Each score links to where it was published.

BenchmarkGrok 4.1 Fast ReasoningGrok 4.3
LMArena Elo14301442
LMArena WebDev (LMArena)12421358
LMArena Vision (LMArena)11961242
SAGE (Vals AI)31.3%19.7%
Vending-Bench 2 (Andon Labs)1106.6335.26

FAQ

Is Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning better than Grok 4.3?

Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning scores 22.7 on the Respan Index (#105), ahead of Grok 4.3 at 22.3 (#107). Grok 4.3 leads on 3 of the 5 benchmarks both report.

Which has the larger context window?

Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning accepts 2M tokens and Grok 4.3 1M tokens.

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