Grok 4.6 (High)
xAIProprietary
Grok 4.6 (High) is a vision-language model from xAI. It ranks 52 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1263±8 from 7,261 votes. Its best category is Diagrams (#45 of 123). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- xAI
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition.
Who it suits
- Overall #52 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: Diagrams (#45 of 123).
- Proprietary; used through xAI’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | SStep 5 Preview StepFun | 1265 | 1,649 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 50 |  GLM-5V-Turbo Z.ai | 1264 | 42,757 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 51 |  Gemini 2.5 Pro Google | 1263 | 88,755 | Proprietary | +0 |
| 52 | Grok 4.6 (High) xAI | 1263 | 7,261 | Proprietary | |
| 53 |  MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi | 1263 | 1,754 | MIT | +0 |
| 54 |  Qwen3.5-397B-A17B Alibaba | 1262 | 32,657 | Apache 2.0 | -1 |
| 55 | Grok 4.20 Beta (Reasoning, 0309) xAI | 1262 | 26,796 | Proprietary | -1 |
Alternatives · More from xAI
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Grok 4.5 xAI | 1287 | 12,599 | Proprietary |
| 55 | Grok 4.20 Beta (Reasoning, 0309) xAI | 1262 | 26,796 | Proprietary |
| 57 | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta (0309) xAI | 1259 | 24,532 | Proprietary |
| 79 | Grok 4.7 (xHigh) xAI | 1231 | 3,736 | Proprietary |
| 80 | Grok 4.3 xAI | 1229 | 27,901 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 | Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Grok 4.6 (High) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 52 (1263); OCR rank 50 (1272); Diagrams rank 45 (1285); Homework rank 52 (1283); Creative writing rank 43 (1262); Humor rank 37 (1270); English rank 48 (1270); Chinese rank 57 (1289) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Grok 4.6 (High) at OCR?
Grok 4.6 (High) ranks 50 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1272 (4,881 votes).
Is Grok 4.6 (High) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #57 of 128 (1289); English board: #48 of 167 (1270). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Grok 4.6 (High) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through xAI’s apps or API.
How far is Grok 4.6 (High) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Grok 4.6 (High) has 1263, 62 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.