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Inkling vs Grok 4.3
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 17 results on 3 sources that measured both models.
Inkling or Grok 4.3? The short answer
- Grok 4.3 is cheaper: $1.56 against $1.72 per million tokens, 9% less.
- They score about the same on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (25.0 and 24.9).
- On our business benchmarks, Inkling ranks higher for agents and tool use, professional work and sticking to the facts.
- On our business benchmarks, Grok 4.3 ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge and writing.
At a glance
| Inkling | Grok 4.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $0.95 in · $4.05 out | $1.25 in · $2.50 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $1.72 | $1.56 |
| Cheapest host, blended | $1.72 (DeepInfra, FP8) | $1.56 (xAI) |
| Intelligence Index | 25.0 | 24.9 |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | 166 | – |
| Context window | 524,288 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Weights | Open | Closed |
| Developer based in | the US | the US |
Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.
Which is better for what
Each model's rank among models available today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. The better rank is in green.
| Use case | Inkling | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls | 56 of 161 | 108 of 161 |
| Professional workReal tasks from banking, consulting and law, business documents and freelance projects | 45 of 51 | 49 of 51 |
| Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge | 64 of 195 | 52 of 195 |
| WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality | 59 of 187 | 56 of 187 |
| Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers | 75 of 153 | 108 of 153 |
Every shared result
| Benchmark | Metric | Inkling | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena)reported | OverallArena rating | 1,452 | 1,428 |
| Arena (formerly LMArena)reported | Business, management and financeArena rating | 1,444 | 1,440 |
| Arena (formerly LMArena)reported | Creative writingArena rating | 1,384 | 1,423 |
| Arena (formerly LMArena)reported | Expert promptsArena rating | 1,474 | 1,452 |
| Arena (formerly LMArena)reported | Instruction followingArena rating | 1,427 | 1,415 |
| Arena (formerly LMArena)reported | OverallArena rating | 1,442 | 1,442 |
| Arena (formerly LMArena)reported | Writing, literature and languageArena rating | 1,403 | 1,424 |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score | 52.1 | 42.2 |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score | 25.0 | 24.9 |
| Artificial Analysisreported | GPQA Diamond% of questions | 87.2% | 90.1% |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Humanity's Last Exam% of questions | 31.9% | 37.2% |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions | 77.3% | 75.0% |
| Artificial Analysisreported | SciCode% of problems | 47.0% | 48.3% |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks | 55.1% | 39.7% |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Artificial Analysisreported | Τ-bench banking% of tasks | 29.1% | 12.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI)reported | Correct answers% of questions | 40.3% | 33.2% |
Bold green marks the better value on that metric. Where a source reports ranges that overlap, the difference may not be meaningful; see the benchmark page for ranges.
Quick answers
Is Inkling better than Grok 4.3?
It depends on the task. Among models available today, on our benchmarks and licensed sources, Inkling ranks higher for agents and tool use, professional work and sticking to the facts; Grok 4.3 ranks higher for reasoning and knowledge and writing.
Which is cheaper, Inkling or Grok 4.3?
Grok 4.3 costs $1.56 per million tokens (three input to one output), against $1.72 for Inkling.
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