Reported
Grok 4.6 Delivers Strong Benchmarks and Low Costs Days After Release
News record
SpaceXAI announced Grok 4.6 on August 12, 2026 with availability in Cursor, Grok Build, its API, and named partner platforms.
Evidence state
developing
Independent benchmark updates, pricing changes, registered-outlet corrections, or later xAI documentation clarifying benchmark methodology and availability.
Reported vs. the record
The record
The official release retains the model description, benchmark table, partner availability, and API starting prices.
Primary-source receiptReceipts
- captured headline
Grok 4.6 Delivers Strong Benchmarks and Low Costs Days After Release
- screenshot timestamp
screenshot timestamp
- subject identity
subject identity
The directly fetched xAI announcement names the model and August 12 release; the entity remains unreviewed in Kleory's registry.
Open source receipt - originating speaker
SpaceXAI announced Grok 4.6, its benchmark figures, availability, and starting API prices.
The announcement is hosted on x.ai and identifies X.AI LLC in the page footer.
Open source receipt - reporter publication
SpaceXAI published the official release without an individual reporter byline.
The directly fetched canonical announcement identifies the publisher and date.
Open source receipt - atomic claim
SpaceXAI announced Grok 4.6 on August 12, 2026 with availability in Cursor, Grok Build, its API, and named partner platforms.
The date and availability list appear directly on the official announcement.
Open source receipt - atomic claim
The official release reports Grok 4.6 High at 61 on the AA Intelligence Index, 1753 on GDPVal-AA v2, and 69.9% on CursorBench v3.2.
The three figures appear directly in the fetched evaluation table.
Open source receipt - atomic claim
SpaceXAI states that Grok 4.6 pricing starts at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens, with a fast variant priced at twice those rates.
The starting prices and fast-variant multiplier are directly stated on the official page.
Open source receipt - primary source evidence
The official release retains the model description, benchmark table, partner availability, and API starting prices.
The hash covers the directly downloaded canonical x.ai page.
Open source receipt - cross publication coverage
SpaceX Just Unveiled Grok 4.6—And It Could Change Everything
Yahoo Finance is configured for bounded coverage and current search returned the canonical URL and article details; direct extraction failed with a headers-overflow error.
Open source receipt - response correction
The benchmark table is developer-published and says competitor figures come from developers' system cards or public leaderboards; the release does not make every comparison an independently reproduced result.
That sourcing qualification appears directly above the official evaluation table.
Open source receipt - resolution evidence status
The release, developer-reported benchmarks, pricing, and one registered coverage link are retained; later independent evaluation and corrections remain open.
The product was released three days before the research cutoff and the available evidence is primarily the developer announcement plus early coverage.
Open source receipt
This page is a source-linked record. It does not score a person, infer motive, or replace the preserved source material.