Joe Hansen(@joehansen):Grok 4.6 just took #1 on CursorBench. Not only the highest score. It did it at a fraction of the cost of the models sitting right behind it. That combination is the real signal. Top-tier results are one thing. Top-tier results that stay cheap enough to run for long agentic coding sessions are something else. I see this as the practical edge that matters for real work. Benchmarks are useful. Sustained performance at low cost is what actually gets used.

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Joe Hansen@joehansen

2026.08.21 22:10

Grok 4.6 just took #1# on CursorBench. Not only the highest score. It did it at a fraction of the cost of the models sitting right behind it. That combination is the real signal. Top-tier results are one thing. Top-tier results that stay cheap enough to run for long agentic coding sessions are something else. I see this as the practical edge that matters for real work. Benchmarks are useful. Sustained performance at low cost is what actually gets used.