Grok 4.6 matched Fable 5 Max at an 85% discount. Downloadable models set that price.
The New Stack 2 months ago 9 ● 3 sources
SpaceXAI released Grok 4.6 alongside other frontier model launches within about 24 hours, with the article emphasizing that Grok 4.6 matched Fable 5 Max on an external benchmark. Grok 4.6 was priced at an 85% discount relative to Fable 5 Max. As downloadable weights keep pushing API prices down, model selection shifts from labs to routing and deployment layers that can route tasks to the lowest-cost suitable model.