GPT-4.1 vs Grok Code Fast 1
Compare GPT-4.1 by OpenAI against Grok Code Fast 1 by xAI, in 115 community votes, gpt-4.1 wins 67% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 1.0M vs 256K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Web Design: GPT-4.1 wins 63% of votes
Reasoning: GPT-4.1 and Grok Code Fast 1 are tied
Image Generation: GPT-4.1 wins 88% of votes
Conversation: GPT-4.1 wins 75% of votes
Analysis: GPT-4.1 wins 100% of votes
Our Verdict
GPT-4.1Winner
Grok Code Fast 1Runner-up
Pick GPT-4.1. In 115 blind votes, GPT-4.1 wins 67% of the time. That's not luck.
GPT-4.1 particularly excels in Analysis, Image Generation, Conversation. Grok Code Fast 1 is 5.3x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-4.1
Input
$2.00
Output
$8.00
Grok Code Fast 1
Input
$0.20
10× cheaper
Output
$1.50
5.3× cheaper
Grok Code Fast 1 is cheaper on both — 10× input, 5.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
43%
GPT-4.1 uses 4.0x more emoji
GPT-4.1
Grok Code Fast 1
58%Vocabulary60%
19wSentence Length17w
0.38Hedging0.97
9.0Bold2.8
6.1Lists2.5
0.24Emoji0.06
1.01Headings0.89
0.07Transitions0.11
Based on 25 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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