Grok 4.20

Closed weights xAI 500B parameters February 2026

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The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

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Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
xAI
Organisation type
Industry
Country
United States of America
Published
17 February 2026

What it does

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Domain
Language
Task
Language modeling/generation

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters
500B

"This is just our V8 small foundation model, so 500B params" from Elon Musk on X (https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2023840935285760142?s=20) Likely sparse

Training data
tokens

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
API access

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Why it is tracked
Discretionary
Record confidence
Likely

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Last updated
13 July 2026

What the numbers mean

Where it came from

Grok 4.20 was published by xAI, in the country recorded as United States of America, during February 2026. It comes out of an organisation categorised as industry.

It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as performing the task of language modeling/generation.

This is a closed model: the trained values stayed with whoever produced them, and there is no local version to run.

Training and provenance

It is tracked in the underlying dataset for one reason in particular: discretionary.

Answers

Grok 4.20 — common questions

01

Grok 4.20— who created it?

It was published by xAI, based in United States of America, an organisation categorised as industry.

02

Grok 4.20— when was it released?

It was published in February 2026.

03

Grok 4.20— what is it used for?

It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as handling the task of language modeling/generation. These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.

04

Grok 4.20— what GPU do I need to run it?

None. This is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

05

Grok 4.20— is it open source?

No. Its weights have not been published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

06

Grok 4.20— how many parameters does it have?

It has a parameter count of 500B. "This is just our V8 small foundation model, so 500B params" from Elon Musk on X (https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2023840935285760142?s=20) Likely sparse. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 13 July 2026

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