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o4-mini-high vs Grok 4

OpenAI o4-mini-high vs xAI Grok 4 — side-by-side specs.

OpenAI
o4-mini-high
xAI
Grok 4
Overview
CompanyOpenAIxAI
Release dateApr 16 2025Jul 9 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapo4-mini-high shipped 84 days before Grok 4

Which is better: o4-mini-high or Grok 4?

o4-mini-high and Grok 4 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. o4-mini-high shipped 84 days before Grok 4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

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 o4-mini-high released?
o4-mini-high was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.
When was Grok 4 released?
Grok 4 was released by xAI on Jul 9 2025.

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