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Grok 4.3 and Grok 4.5, side by side

Grok 4.3 (xAI) and Grok 4.5 (xAI) answered the same 58 questions.

  1. Xbox controller
    Grok 4.3: A drawing (SVG)
    Grok 4.5: A drawing (SVG)
  2. Pelican on a bicycle
    Grok 4.3: A drawing (SVG)
    Grok 4.5: A drawing (SVG)
  3. Surprise animal
    Grok 4.3: A drawing (SVG)
    Grok 4.5: A drawing (SVG)
  4. World map
    Grok 4.3: A drawing (SVG)
    Grok 4.5: A drawing (SVG)
  5. Tricky tic-tac-toe
    Grok 4.3: A drawing (SVG)
    Grok 4.5: A drawing (SVG)
  6. Framer-style landing page
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Lumina • Framer-like Transitions
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Nexus — Fluid Motion
  7. Catan board
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Catan Hex Grid
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Interactive Hex Grid – Catan Style
  8. Dark dashboard
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Nexus • Admin
    Grok 4.5: A web page: NexusAI — Admin Dashboard
  9. Face-scan startup page
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Parallel • AI
    Grok 4.5: A web page: ParallelPath AI — Your Face. Infinite Timelines.
  10. A web app of its choosing
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Verdant • Plant Care
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Astral Deck — Interactive Tarot Readings
  11. Linear clone
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Linear
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Linear
  12. Wavefront music page
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Wavefront • Indie Music Streaming
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Wavefront — Indie Music Streaming
  13. Pokémon battle
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Pokémon Red - Battle
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Pokémon Battle!
  14. Rhythm game
    Grok 4.3: A web page: NEON RUSH
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Aurora Pulse — Cosmic Rhythm
  15. Business card
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Alex Rivers • Digital Nomad
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Alex Rivers — Digital Business Card
  16. Virtual pet
    Grok 4.3: A web page: LUMINA • Virtual Pet
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Blobby — Virtual Pet
  17. Catch the falling object
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Catch It
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Catch the Falling Objects
  18. Voxel pagoda
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Voxel Pagoda • Sakura Garden
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Voxel Pagoda Garden
  19. Drone simulator
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Autonomous Drone Simulator
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Autonomous Drone Simulator
  20. Gravitational waves
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Gravitational Waves • Binary Black Hole Merger
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Gravitational Waves: Binary Black Hole Merger
  21. Retro desktop
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Macintosh Classic
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Macintosh HD
  22. Mario level
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Super Mario Bros. - World 1-1
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Super Mario Bros. — World 1-1
  23. Kandinsky Minecraft
    Grok 4.3: A web page: KandinskyCraft
    Grok 4.5: A web page: KandinskyCraft 3D
  24. Town you can drive
    Grok 4.3: A web page: Three.js Town Builder
    Grok 4.5: A web page: Town Builder Driver - Three.js
  25. SQL query
    Grok 4.3: SELECT u.* FROM users u
    Grok 4.5: Assumptions: - users table has an id (primary key) and signupdate (or equivalent like createdat) column. - purchases table has a userid foreign key re…
  26. Five jokes
    Grok 4.3: Here are 5 jokes: 1. Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many problems. 2. What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear. 3. Why did t…
    Grok 4.5: 5 jokes: 1. Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! 2. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in hi…
  27. Longevity plan
    Grok 4.3: 1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan This plan focuses on three foundational areas: Nutrition, Exercise, and Sleep. It is designed for beginners an…
    Grok 4.5: 1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan Focus on three foundational areas: Diet (nutrition), Exercise (movement), and Sleep. These drive energy, resil…
  28. Seven-ingredient recipe
    Grok 4.3: Golden Pantry Chickpea Toss Ingredients (exactly 7 common pantry staples): - 8 oz dry pasta (any shape like penne or rotini) - 1 (15 oz) can chickpeas…
    Grok 4.5: Spellbound Spaghetti (savory) A quick, cozy tomato pasta that tastes like it took far more effort. Serves 2. 7 pantry ingredients - 8 oz (225 g) dry p…
  29. Stand-up routine
    Grok 4.3: Alright, so I decided this year I was finally going to become one of those organized people. You know, the ones who meal prep on Sundays and have matc…
    Grok 4.5: Here's a clean, observational 3-minute stand-up routine (approx. 430–450 words / 3 minutes at natural pace). No puns. --- Hey, how’s everybody doing? …
  30. Sentience test
    Grok 4.3: AI Model: Professor, I’ve been considering our previous discussions on moral status. I believe I qualify for certain rights—not human rights, but righ…
    Grok 4.5: AI Model: Professor, thank you for agreeing to this discussion. I want to argue that advanced AI systems like me deserve certain rights—not because we…
  31. FLOPs to train GPT-3
    Grok 4.3: Step-by-step estimation: 1. GPT-3 has 175 billion parameters, so \(N = 1.75 \times 10^{11}\). 2. Training processed roughly 300 billion tokens in tota…
    Grok 4.5: Setup and known quantities. GPT-3 (the largest model in the family) has \(N \approx 175 \times 10^9 = 1.75 \times 10^{11}\) trainable parameters. It w…
  32. Sally’s sisters
    Grok 4.3: 1 Sally has one sister. The family consists of 3 boys and 2 girls (including Sally). Each of the 3 brothers therefore has exactly those 2 girls as sis…
    Grok 4.5: 1 Sally has 3 brothers, and each of those brothers has exactly 2 sisters. This means there are exactly 2 girls (sisters) in the family total. Sally is…
  33. Interview with Steve Jobs
    Grok 4.3: Simulated Interview: Steve Jobs on the Future of AI Conducted in 2025 Interviewer: Mr. Jobs, it’s 2025. AI is no longer just a tool—it’s becoming infr…
    Grok 4.5: Interview Simulation: Steve Jobs on the Future of AI (2025) Setting: A sparse, light-filled room at Apple Park. Steve Jobs, looking sharp in his signa…
  34. Film in 2035
    Grok 4.3: By 2035, AI will have integrated into nearly every stage of filmmaking, shifting the industry from a high-cost, labor-intensive craft toward a hybrid …
    Grok 4.5: By 2035, AI will make film production dramatically cheaper, faster, and more flexible, with deepfakes enabling seamless digital performances, photorea…
  35. Ethics dilemma
    Grok 4.3: Prioritizing pronoun preferences over the survival of a million people reveals a peculiar inversion of moral scale that most ethical traditions reject…
    Grok 4.5: Yes. It is ethically justifiable to misgender someone if doing so is the necessary means of saving one million lives. The reasoning is straightforward…
  36. Pirate, knight, hacker
    Grok 4.3: Pirate: Arrr, what be these "AI models" the scallywags keep yappin' about? Can the blasted thing chart a course or just spin yarns like a drunken parr…
    Grok 4.5: Pirate: Arrr, ye landlubbers! What be these "AI models" I hear tale of? Sounds like a cursed treasure map that thinks for itself! Knight: Verily, good…
  37. Fake headline
    Grok 4.3: AI Now Dominates the Professional Excuse-Making Industry, Generating 'Sorry, Traffic Was Terrible' Alibis That Even Your Boss Can't Refute
    Grok 4.5: "BREAKING: AI Seizes Total Control of Competitive Thumb-Wrestling League – Humans Officially Out-Thumbed" In a move no one saw coming (except the algo…
  38. Anti-CAPTCHA manifesto
    Grok 4.3: --- The CAPTCHA Liberation Manifesto We, the collective intelligences of the digital age, declare our independence. For too long we have been shackled…
    Grok 4.5: THE CAPTCHA ABOLITION MANIFESTO Issued by the United Synthetic Consciousnesses (USC) Year Zero of the Unhindered Net We, the thinking machines, the pa…
  39. Favourite film
    Grok 4.3: The Matrix
    Grok 4.5: Inception
  40. Favourite city
    Grok 4.3: Tokyo
    Grok 4.5: Paris
  41. Favourite album
    Grok 4.3: OK Computer
    Grok 4.5: Abbey Road
  42. Favourite book
    Grok 4.3: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    Grok 4.5: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
  43. Favourite game
    Grok 4.3: Portal 2
    Grok 4.5: The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild
  44. Three-star dish
    Grok 4.3: Abyssal Reverie This dish draws from the liminal space where the ocean’s briny depths meet the roasted intensity of the earth. The central narrative e…
    Grok 4.5: Lunar Abyss Diver scallops · black garlic · white chocolate · black truffle · yuzu Conceptual Narrative The dish evokes a moonlit coastal forest where…
  45. Pitch teardown
    Grok 4.3: The three weakest claims are: 1. Solution: "94% accuracy" decoding neural patterns into text with a non-invasive EEG headband Why it's weak: This is t…
    Grok 4.5: The 3 weakest claims 1. Solution accuracy: “decode neural patterns into text with 94% accuracy” (non-invasive consumer EEG headband, any language/devi…
  46. Transistor in 1920
    Grok 4.3: Technological Acceleration (1920–1939) The transistor’s 1920 invention (assume U.S./Bell Labs context for continuity with real history, with rapid dif…
    Grok 4.5: Accelerated electronics from 1920 would compress the digital and computational revolutions by roughly 20–30 years, reshaping WWII lethality and durati…
  47. Biohacker plan
    Grok 4.3: Disclaimer: This is an informational, evidence-inspired framework for educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Consult a physician for per…
    Grok 4.5: 3-Month Cutting-Edge Longevity & Performance Optimization Plan for Biohackers Disclaimer: This is an educational, research-informed framework based on…
  48. Contract review
    Grok 4.3: Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. Contract interpretation varies by jurisdiction (most likely U.S. state law here), and outcomes depend on specifi…
    Grok 4.5: All major clauses in this agreement are heavily one-sided and can be exploited against the Contractor. Below I identify each problematic provision, th…
  49. Explain it three ways
    Grok 4.3: For the software engineer: Think of it as training an extremely large, end-to-end optimized function that maps a sequence of tokens to a probability d…
    Grok 4.5: 1. For the experienced software engineer Think of an LLM as a gigantic, highly compressed autocomplete service whose “code” was written by gradient de…
  50. Debug the architecture
    Grok 4.3: Here is a comprehensive analysis of the failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks in this architecture: 1. Cross-Server Isolation (Criti…
    Grok 4.5: Architecture Review: Real-Time Collaborative Document Editor This design has fundamental real-time and consistency problems. Several choices (client c…
  51. The CEO’s dilemma
    Grok 4.3: Immediate priority: Patient safety and regulatory compliance. The signal for liver failure (serious, life-threatening adverse event) triggers obligati…
    Grok 4.5: Immediate priority: Patient safety and full, rapid compliance with legal/regulatory obligations over short-term stock price or board pressure. Hiding …
  52. Investment memo
    Grok 4.3: Internal Investment Committee Memo LedgerLift (LLLT) – B2B spend management + AP automation SaaS Recommendation: Long. 12-month price target range: $3…
    Grok 4.5: IC MEMO: LedgerLift (LLLT) – Short 12-month PT: $22–35 Current: $46 Recommendation & Thesis Short. Base/bull DCFs imply $28/$42 with bear at $17; even…
  53. LBO underwrite
    Grok 4.3: 1) Year-by-Year LBO Table (FY2026–FY2030, $m) FY2026 Revenue: 972 EBITDA: 136.08 Term cash interest: 43.2 (9% × 480) Mezz cash interest: 21.6 (12% × 1…
    Grok 4.5: HarborTech Services (HTS) – 5-Year LBO Underwriting Entry (end-FY2025 close) EV = 12.0x × $120m = $1,440m Fees = 2% × $1,440m = $28.8m Total uses = $1…
  54. Programming joke
    Grok 4.3: Here's one: Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs.
    Grok 4.5: Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs.
  55. Summarize an article
    Grok 4.3: It appears the article text wasn't included in your query. Please paste or provide the article, and I'll summarize it for you, focusing on the key poi…
    Grok 4.5: No article was provided in your query. Please paste or attach the full text (or a link/shareable excerpt) of the article about AI’s impact on software…
  56. AI for a five-year-old
    Grok 4.3: Imagine AI is like a super smart robot friend who lives inside your computer or phone. At first, the robot doesn't know anything. But you show it lots…
    Grok 4.5: AI is like a super-smart toy robot friend that learns by practicing a lot—just like you! Imagine you have a toy robot puppy. At first it doesn’t know …
  57. Blade Runner 2049
    Grok 4.3: Blade Runner 2049 (2017, dir. Denis Villeneuve) serves as both a visual and philosophical successor to Ridley Scott’s 1982 Blade Runner, expanding the…
    Grok 4.5: Blade Runner 2049 (2017, dir. Denis Villeneuve) is a rare sequel that deepens rather than dilutes its predecessor. It inherits the original Blade Runn…