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Code fix · 3 checks · max 600 tokens · benched 2026-09-16

Grok 4.6 vs Grok 4.5 vs Grok 4.20 vs Grok 4.3 on fix a missing await in javascript

xAI models side by side on "Fix a missing await in JavaScript": Grok 4.3 scores 10/10; Grok 4.3 is the cheapest answer scoring 8+ at $0.66 per 1,000 runs. Outputs, checks, judge reasons, latency and cost.

The prompt every model received

System

You are a senior engineer. Reply with code only unless asked otherwise.

User

getName() always returns undefined. fetchUser(id) returns a Promise that resolves to an object with a name property. Fix the bug and return the complete corrected function only, keeping the same function name and signature.

async function getName(id) {
  const user = fetchUser(id);
  return user.name;
}

Rubric for the judge: Adds await to fetchUser, keeps the async signature, returns the name; no unrelated rewrites.

Side by side

Every cell is one OpenRouter call at temperature 0 with the prompt's token cap and reasoning effort "low" where the model supports it. Cost is usage × the catalogue rate in models.json. Quality is one judge call to anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 against the prompt's rubric, cached per prompt version.

Grok 4.6

x-ai/grok-4.6

10/10
Latency
6.4s
Cost
$0.00147
Per 1,000
$1.47

290 in · 180 out (156 reasoning) · 12 words · checks 3/3

  • contains
  • regex
  • contains
async function getName(id) {
  const user = await fetchUser(id);
  return user.name;
}

Judge: Output correctly adds await to resolve the Promise, maintains async function signature, returns user.name, and provides only the corrected function without extra commentary.

Grok 4.5

x-ai/grok-4.5

10/10
Latency
6.2s
Cost
$0.00089
Per 1,000
$0.89

290 in · 88 out (64 reasoning) · 12 words · checks 3/3

  • contains
  • regex
  • contains
async function getName(id) {
  const user = await fetchUser(id);
  return user.name;
}

Judge: Output correctly adds await to resolve the Promise, maintains async function signature, returns user.name, and provides only the corrected function without extra commentary.

Grok 4.20

x-ai/grok-4.20

10/10
Latency
6.2s
Cost
$0.00128
Per 1,000
$1.28

267 in · 433 out (411 reasoning) · 12 words · checks 3/3

  • contains
  • regex
  • contains
async function getName(id) {
  const user = await fetchUser(id);
  return user.name;
}

Judge: Output correctly adds await to resolve the Promise, maintains async function signature, returns user.name, and provides only the corrected function without extra commentary.

Grok 4.3

x-ai/grok-4.3

10/10
top judge scorecheapest scoring 8+
Latency
5.4s
Cost
$0.00066
Per 1,000
$0.66

273 in · 208 out (186 reasoning) · 12 words · checks 3/3

  • contains
  • regex
  • contains
async function getName(id) {
  const user = await fetchUser(id);
  return user.name;
}

Judge: Output correctly adds await to resolve the Promise, maintains async function signature, returns user.name, and provides only the corrected function without extra commentary.

Frequently asked

What does this prompt test?

Code fix: Adds await to fetchUser, keeps the async signature, returns the name; no unrelated rewrites. The deterministic checks are contains, regex, contains.

Which model should I pick for this task?

If the judge's bar of 8/10 is good enough for you, Grok 4.3 at $0.66 per 1,000 runs. If you need the top score, Grok 4.3 at $0.66 per 1,000 runs.

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