Grok 4 vs GPT-5, xAI vs OpenAI in 2026

Grok 4GPT-5
arenaElo13411412
humanEval85.191.6
sweBench5065
mmlu87.591.5
gpqa5763.8
aime8892
Price in/out ($/M)$3 / $15$1.25 / $10

Our verdict

GPT-5 wins across every benchmark and has a far larger ecosystem. Grok 4's one advantage is live access to X (Twitter) data. If your product depends on realtime social context, Grok is the only serious option.

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