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Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)

Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis

Canonical slug: grok-4-3-non-reasoning · Canonical model registry at build time

Intelligence

25 score

Speed

133.1 output tokens/sec

Latency

0.73s TTFT

Input Price

$1.25 / 1M tokens

Output Price

$2.50 / 1M tokens

Verbosity

9.0M Output tokens from Intelligence Index 3 out of 4 units for Verbosity . Comp

Executive Assessment

Routing Verdict & Tradeoffs

Ethen Routing Verdict

Strong general-purpose model

Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) scores 25 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 17). Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) generates output at 133.1 tokens per second (based on xAI's API), which is well above average compared to other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 61.7 t/s). Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) costs $1.25 per 1M input tokens (better than average, median: $1.88) and $2.50 per 1M output tokens (very competitive, median: $7.75), based on xAI's API.

Suitable for most production tasks, but high-volume or repetitive work should still be compared against cheaper routes.

Task Fit Assessment

WorkloadRatingNotes
Complex reasoning & agentic workflowsoptimalIntelligence score 25 supports capable reasoning, but very hard tasks may benefit from higher-tier models.
High-volume chat & customer-facingoptimalOutput speed 133.1 tokens/sec and capable intelligence make this suitable for real-time chat at scale.
Latency-sensitive applicationsoptimalTTFT 0.73s — among the lowest latencies, suitable for interactive latency-critical use cases.
Cost-sensitive pipelinesviableOutput pricing at $2.50 is premium. Route high-volume simple tasks to cheaper alternatives.

Cost Pressure Analysis

High

Pricing is premium — input $1.25, output $2.50. This model is expensive for high-volume or output-heavy workloads.

Cheaper substitutes: Lower-cost models for repetitive or high-volume work, Cache-backed reuse for repeated prompts

Technical Specifications

Architecture and Limits

SpecificationValueValidation Authority
Model typeProprietaryinferred
ReasoningNofaq
Input modalitiesGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) supports text and image input.faq
Output modalitiesGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) supports text output.faq
Context windowGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) has a context window of 1.0M tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.faq
Open weights / sourceNo, Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) is proprietary. The model weights are not publicly available.faq
ParametersGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) is a proprietary model and xAI has not disclosed the model size or parameter count.faq
API availabilityYes, Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) is available via API through 2 providers.faq

Evidence charts

Profile visualizations

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AA-Omniscience Index

AA-Omniscience Index (higher is better) measures knowledge reliability and hallucination. It rewards correct answers, penalizes hallucinations, and has no penalty for refusing to answer. Scores range from -100 to 100, where 0 means as many correct as incorrect answers, and negative scores mean more incorrect than correct. · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
Methodology:
Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

-40-200204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4040AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Gemini 3.5 Flash: 2323GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 2020AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Grok 4.3 (high): 1818xGrok 4.3 (high)Kimi K2.6: 6.46.4KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4.14.1?Muse SparkGLM-5.2 (max): 44?GLM-5.2 (max)MiniMax-M3: 1.41.4?MiniMax-M3Nemotron 3 Ultra: -0.8-0.8NNemotron 3 UltraClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning): -1.2-1.2AClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-rea…Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): -32.3-32.3xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning): 4242AClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-rea…Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 2525xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning): 4242AClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-rea…Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 2525xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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2026-07-08
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Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 2525xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 134134?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 133133xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)MiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 133133xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)MiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0s2.5s5s7.5s10sQwen3.6 27B: 8.3s8.3sQQwen3.6 27BClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 7.1s7.1sAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7s7sDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)GPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning): 6.6s6.6sAIGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning)Kimi K2.6: 6.6s6.6sKKimi K2.6GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5.7s5.7sAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)MiniMax-M3: 5s5s?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 3.8s3.8sxGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 3.7s3.7s?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewGrok 4.3 (high): 3s3sxGrok 4.3 (high)

Latency: Time To First Answer Token

Seconds to first answer token received · Accounts for reasoning model 'thinking' time · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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0s25s50s75s100sDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 61s61sDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 58s58sKKimi K2.6MiniMax-M3: 20s20s?MiniMax-M3GLM-5.2 (max): 9.2s9.2s?GLM-5.2 (max)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 9.1s9.1sNNemotron 3 Ultragpt-oss-120b (high): 6.4s6.4sAIgpt-oss-120b (high)Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 0s0sxGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)GPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning): 0s0sAIGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 0s0s?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.6 27B: 0s0sQQwen3.6 27B

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.

0250k500k750k1MGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 1M1MAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GLM-5.2 (max): 1M1M?GLM-5.2 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Grok 4.3 (high): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 1M1M?MiniMax-M3Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning): 1M1MAClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-rea…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 922k922kAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning): 922k922kAIGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning)

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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00.51Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 0.40.4AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 0.10.1GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning): 00AIGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning)Qwen3.6 27B: 00QQwen3.6 27BNova 2.0 Pro Preview: 00?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewGLM-5.2 (max): 00?GLM-5.2 (max)Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 00xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)Kimi K2.6: 00KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: 00NNemotron 3 Ultra

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): $0.29$0.29xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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0200400600Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 508508AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 132132AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 114114GGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 27B: 8888QQwen3.6 27BGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning): 6666AIGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 5353?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewNemotron 3 Ultra: 3434NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 3333?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 2525KKimi K2.6Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 2222xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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0250k500k750k1MClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6161AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 3636AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning): 3636AIGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning)Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning): 1212AClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-rea…Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 1111?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewGemini 3.5 Flash: 1111GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): 6.16.1?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 5.15.1KKimi K2.6Claude 3.5 Haiku: 4.94.9AClaude 3.5 HaikuQwen3.6 27B: 4.24.2QQwen3.6 27BGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 44xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)cache Hitinputoutput

Time per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average decode time (minutes) per task; excludes TTFT and overhead time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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0510Kimi K2.6: 8.28.2KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 6.86.8DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4.84.8AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…MiniMax-M3: 3.93.9?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 33AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Qwen3.6 27B: 33QQwen3.6 27BGLM-5.2 (max): 2.82.8?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 2.22.2GGemini 3.5 Flashgpt-oss-120b (high): 1.91.9AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Grok 4.3 (high): 1.61.6xGrok 4.3 (high)Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 1.21.2xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)

Output Tokens per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average number of output tokens used to run one task in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

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050001000015000MiniMax-M3: 1162311623?MiniMax-M3Qwen3.6 27B: 1139011390QQwen3.6 27BGemini 3.5 Flash: 98199819GGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning): 97099709AClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-rea…Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 91929192xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 77977797NNemotron 3 UltraClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 76967696AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…gpt-oss-120b (high): 75717571AIgpt-oss-120b (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 72437243DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)GLM-5.2 (max): 60896089?GLM-5.2 (max)

Methodology

Methodology & Provenance

This page is rendered from the normalized profile and page JSON for Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning).

Benchmark values are preserved as normalized; only layout, disclosure ordering, and typography are adjusted for readability.

Frequently Asked Questions

Model FAQs & Technical Disclosures

Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) was released on April 30, 2026.