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  3. Command A vs Grok 4.6

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 16, 2026

Command A vs Grok 4.6 benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, Grok 4.6 delivers higher overall intelligence and human-preferred responses (Elo 1,592 vs 1,344), while Grok 4.6 leads in SWE-bench software engineering benchmarks (69.1%), while Grok 4.6 is more budget-friendly at $6/1M per 1M output tokens, while Command A provides faster response streaming (118 tok/s). Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Grok 4.6 holds the advantage over Command A in overall benchmark performance and human evaluation rankings. Choose Grok 4.6 for demanding workloads, or review the breakdown below to compare coding and pricing metrics.
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Verified Head-to-Head Advantage Breakdown

8 direct benchmark disciplines evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Command A (1)Grok 4.6 (7)
Command A
1 of 8 Wins
✓Time to first token
Grok 4.6
7 of 8 Wins
✓Preference Elo✓LiveBench✓SWE-bench✓GPQA Diamond✓Input price✓Output price✓Context window
Cohere
Leads 1 of 8 metrics
Command A

Cohere enterprise RAG and tool-use model.

Elo 1,344$10/1M out
xAI
Leads 7 of 8 metrics
Grok 4.6

xAI Aug 12 2026 post-training refresh of Grok 4.5. Same $2/$6 API price, 500k context, stronger agentic traces.

Elo 1,592$6/1M out
Top Rival Showdowns for Command A
All Matchups
Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4vs DeepSeek V4 Pro
Preference LeaderGrok 4.6 Wins

Grok 4.6

Δ 248 Arena Elo pts

Throughput LeaderCommand A Wins

Command A

118 tok/s

Value per Dollar LeaderGrok 4.6 Wins

Grok 4.6

$6 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top Western standard models with China's leading frontier rival across 6 skill dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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Percentile 0–100
Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Command A (1)vsGrok 4.6 (8)
Command A: 1W (11%)Overall: Grok 4.6Grok 4.6: 8W (89%)
← Command A1 tiesGrok 4.6 →
🏆Grok 4.6(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark
Command AvsGrok 4.6
Preference Elo
1,344vs1,592+248
Coding Elo
—vs1,568
SWE-bench
42.6%vs69.1%+26.5%
LiveBench
56.2%vs71.4%+15.2%
GPQA Diamond
66%vs84.6%+18.6%
Command A: 0WGrok 4.6: 5W
🏆Command A(1/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
Command AvsGrok 4.6
Output speed
118 tok/svs118 tok/s
Time to first token
175 msvs195 ms+20 ms
Command A: 1WGrok 4.6: 0W
🏆Grok 4.6(3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
Command AvsGrok 4.6
Output price
$10/1Mvs$6/1M+$4/1M
Input price
$2.5/1Mvs$2/1M+$0.5/1M
Context window
256kvs500k+244k
Command A: 0WGrok 4.6: 3W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Preference Elo+248
Command A1,344
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Grok 4.61,592
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
Coding Elo
Command A—
Grok 4.61,568
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
LiveBench+15.2%
Command A56.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Grok 4.671.4%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
SWE-bench+26.5%
Command A42.6%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Grok 4.669.1%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
GPQA Diamond+18.6%
Command A66%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Grok 4.684.6%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
Time to first token+20 ms
Command A175 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Grok 4.6195 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
Output speed
Command A118 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Grok 4.6118 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
Input price+$0.5/1M
Command A$2.5/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Grok 4.6$2/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
Output price+$4/1M
Command A$10/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Grok 4.6$6/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
Context window+244k
Command A256k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
Grok 4.6500k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
BenchmarkCommand AGrok 4.6Advantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,344
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
1,592
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+248
Coding Elo—
1,568
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
—
LiveBench
56.2%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
71.4%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+15.2%
SWE-bench
42.6%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
69.1%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+26.5%
GPQA Diamond
66%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
84.6%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+18.6%
Time to first token
175 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
195 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+20 ms
Output speed
118 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
118 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
—
Input price
$2.5/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$2/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+$0.5/1M
Output price
$10/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$6/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+$4/1M
Context window
256k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
500k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 16, 2026
+244k
Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 33% with Grok 4.6
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
Command A$237.50 / mo
In: $87.5Out: $150
Grok 4.6$160.00 / mo
In: $70Out: $90
Estimated Cost Delta

Grok 4.6 is estimated to save $77.50/month ($930/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

  • 1
    Grok 4.6:Pick Grok 4.6 when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
  • 2
    Command A:Pick Command A when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.
  • 3
    Grok 4.6:Pick Grok 4.6 as the default general assistant.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsGrok 4.6

Higher SWE-bench (69.1%).

High-volume chatGrok 4.6

Lower output list price ($6/1M).

Voice / low-latency UICommand A

Lower TTFT (175 ms).

Long-document RAGGrok 4.6

Larger window (500k).

Screenshots / visionGrok 4.6

Grok 4.6 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsGrok 4.6Higher SWE-bench (69.1%).
High-volume chatGrok 4.6Lower output list price ($6/1M).
Voice / low-latency UICommand ALower TTFT (175 ms).
Long-document RAGGrok 4.6Larger window (500k).
Screenshots / visionGrok 4.6Grok 4.6 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

View all news
compareAug 12, 2026

Grok vs ChatGPT: price and Elo, not a personality contest

Brand hub remaps to top xAI vs top OpenAI. After Aug 12 that is Grok 4.6 vs Sol.

launchAug 12, 2026

Grok 4.6 (Aug 12): post-training refresh, same $2/$6 list

xAI’s Aug 12 2026 refresh of Grok 4.5. 500k context. The Grok vs ChatGPT hub remaps here.

launchJul 10, 2025

Grok 4 remains the previous xAI flagship on this catalog

2025-07 row. 4.6 is the buy. We keep 4 so upgrade pairs and old inbound links resolve.

launchMar 13, 2025

Command A: Cohere’s enterprise RAG and tool-use row

Mar 2025. RAG and tools, not a frontier Elo play. Listed so “command a benchmark” has a sourced page.

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Cohere

Command A

Elo 1,344
SWE-bench42.6%
Speed (tok/s)118 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$2.5/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$10/1M
xAI

Grok 4.6

Elo 1,592
SWE-bench69.1%
Speed (tok/s)118 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$2/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$6/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Command A or Grok 4.6?
Grok 4.6 has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,592). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Command A or Grok 4.6?
Grok 4.6 leads SWE-bench at 69.1% vs 42.6%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
Grok 4.6 output tokens are $6/1M versus $10/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Command A or Grok 4.6?
Command A has the lower time-to-first-token (175 ms vs 195 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?
Grok 4.6 accepts 500k tokens versus 256k.
Can I self-host either model?
Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Command A and Grok 4.6 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Related news

  • compare · Aug 12, 2026

    Grok vs ChatGPT: price and Elo, not a personality contest

  • launch · Aug 12, 2026

    Grok 4.6 (Aug 12): post-training refresh, same $2/$6 list

  • launch · Jul 10, 2025

    Grok 4 remains the previous xAI flagship on this catalog

  • launch · Mar 13, 2025

    Command A: Cohere’s enterprise RAG and tool-use row

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