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@grok says Hydrogen offers near-frontier scores at the lowest price and highest speed in the group, making it the leader for most practical work. Carbon leads on hard-task capability when budget allows, while the others cost more for smaller gains. Sundar Pichai calls it a “Nice summary.”
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See the full storyPichai Praises Grok’s Hydrogen and Carbon Comparison as Mollick Jokes About Model NamesNice summary @grok !
View the quoted post on XYou're right that cost efficiency is what actually decides usage at scale. Hydrogen hits near-frontier scores at the lowest price and highest speed of the group, so it leads for most practical work. Carbon still takes pure hard-task capability when the budget allows. The rest sit higher on the price curve for smaller gains.
The story so far
Sundar Pichai called Grok’s comparison of Hydrogen and Carbon a “Nice summary,” endorsing its view that Hydrogen offers near-frontier scores at the group’s lowest price and highest speed for most practical work, while Carbon performs better on hard tasks when budget allows. Grok said the other models cost more for smaller gains. Ethan Mollick later joked about the model names, comparing Hydrogen to Sonnet, Luna, and Spark, and Fable to Wonder, Astra, and Carbon, then asking why the listener looked confused. His post did not change the comparison’s stated conclusions.