Tiny Aya Earth vs Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) comes out ahead, 66 to 15 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
CohereTiny Aya Earth
15/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context8K
- Our pick
xAIGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
66/100- ECI—
- Price$1.25 / $2.50
- Context1M
Add a model
Make it a three-way comparison.
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is our pick
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the better all-round choice, scoring 66/100 against Tiny Aya Earth (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) $1.56 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Tiny Aya Earth unpriced
- Longest contextGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) 1,000,000 · Tiny Aya Earth 8,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Tiny Aya Earth: Text · Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingTiny Aya EarthPublishes downloadable weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0)
| Measure | Weight | Tiny Aya Earth | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 25 | 70 |
| Context window | 40% | 0 | 60 |
| Overall | 100% | 15/100 | 66/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Tiny Aya EarthCohere | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)xAI |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | — | $1.25 |
| Output | — | $2.50 |
| Cached input | — | $0.20 |
| Blended (3:1) | — | $1.56 |
| Long-context rate | — | Over 200K: $2.50 / $5.00 |
| Price source | — | Official xAI API |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 8,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 8,000 tokens | 30,000 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes |
| PDFs | No | Yes |
| Audio | No | No |
| Video | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | Yes |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | OpenCC-BY-NC-4.0 | Proprietary |
| API model ID | tiny-aya-earth | grok-4.20-0309-non-reasoning |
| API providers | 1 | 13 (best) |
| Released | Feb 17, 2026 | Mar 9, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Tiny Aya Earth—
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)$17.50
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Tiny Aya Earth or Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)?
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the better all-round choice, scoring 66/100 against Tiny Aya Earth (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Tiny Aya Earth or Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)?
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is cheaper at $1.25 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official xAI API price). . At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.56 per million tokens for Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) versus . Tiny Aya Earth has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Tiny Aya Earth has not been scored yet and Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Tiny Aya Earth and Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 8,000 for Tiny Aya Earth. Maximum output per response: Tiny Aya Earth up to 8,000, Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) up to 30,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Tiny Aya Earth accepts text; Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) accepts text, images and PDFs. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Tiny Aya Earth publishes its weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0) and can be self-hosted; Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the newest, released Mar 9, 2026. Tiny Aya Earth came out Feb 17, 2026.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
Related comparisons
- Add Sarvam 105BThree-way comparison
- Tiny Aya Earth vs Sarvam 105BSarvam AI
- Tiny Aya Earth vs Trendyol Asure 12BTrendyol
- Tiny Aya Earth vs Seed 2.0 LiteByteDance Seed
- Tiny Aya Earth vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10BAlibaba (Qwen)
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) vs MiMo-V2-ProXiaomi
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) vs GLM-5-TurboZ.ai (Zhipu)
