The best xAI model for roleplay is Grok 4.5 — 53.8 intelligence, 500K context and no provider-level moderation. Grok 4.3 (37.6) and Grok 4.20 (37.0) round out the top three.
The best AI models for roleplay and character chat, ranked by intelligence among models that aren't provider-moderated and have the context (32K+) to stay in character over long sessions. There is no roleplay benchmark; this uses capability plus the two properties the roleplay community actually selects on — long context and unfiltered serving.
The best xAI model for roleplay is Grok 4.5 — 53.8 intelligence, 500K context and no provider-level moderation. Grok 4.3 (37.6) and Grok 4.20 (37.0) round out the top three.
Grok 4.3 (37.6) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Grok 4.20 (37.0). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.
modelgrep tracks 5 xAI models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing, led on intelligence by Grok 4.5. 3 of them qualify for this ranking.