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o1 vs Grok‑1

OpenAI o1 vs xAI Grok‑1 — side-by-side specs.

OpenAI
o1
xAI
Grok‑1
Overview
CompanyOpenAIxAI
Release dateDec 5 2024Nov 3 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGrok‑1 shipped 398 days before o1

Which is better: o1 or Grok‑1?

o1 and Grok‑1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Grok‑1 shipped 398 days before o1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Grok‑1 is an open-source / open-weight model; o1 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was o1 released?
o1 was released by OpenAI on Dec 5 2024.
When was Grok‑1 released?
Grok‑1 was released by xAI on Nov 3 2023.
Is o1 or Grok‑1 open source?
Grok‑1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by xAI. o1 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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