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Grok 4.5

grok-4.5

Grok 4.5 is a model from SpaceXAI with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM. Built by xAI.

Prices updated

Input price

$2.00

per 1M tokens · Standard

Output price

$6.00

per 1M tokens · Standard

Input limit

500K

tokens

Output limit

450K

tokens

Input formats

TextImageVideoAudioPDF

Output formats

TextImageVideoAudioPDF
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Grok 4.5 price history

2 price records since 9/25/2026

Grok 4.5 cost calculator

Input20M tokens
Output5M tokens

$70/month

Standard pricing

    Overview

    What is Grok 4.5?

    Grok 4.5 is a text & reasoning and vision model from xAI. Grok 4.5 is a model from SpaceXAI with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM. Its 500K context window and $2.00 input price make it a candidate for quality-focused production applications.

    Image understandingDocument analysisContent workflowsClassification

    Benchmarks

    Grok 4.5 benchmarks & speed

    How Grok 4.5 scores on standardized evaluations, and where it lands among every model we track.

    38.8

    Intelligence Index

    Better than 85% of 153 models

    60tok/s

    Output speed

    Better than 23% of 119 models

    Reasoning

    GPQA Diamond

    93.1%

    Graduate-level scientific reasoning · top 8%

    HLE

    42.7%

    Humanity's Last Exam · top 15%

    Coding

    SciCode

    55.0%

    Python for scientific computing · top 28%

    Latency & design

    Time to first token
    14.02s

    Independent scores from Artificial Analysis and DesignArena · updated 10/5/2026. Higher is better; ranks compare against every model we track with that score.

    Rates

    Grok 4.5 pricing

    Pricing is based on token usage. Provider-specific caching, batch, regional, and tool charges may affect the final cost.

    Input · Standard

    $2.00

    Per 1M tokens

    Cached input · Standard

    $0.30

    Per 1M tokens

    Capabilities

    Grok 4.5 Tools

    Tools available when using Grok 4.5 through supported provider APIs.

    Function calling

    Supported

    Structured outputs

    Supported

    JSON mode

    Supported

    Reasoning

    Supported

    Built-in web search

    Not supported

    Log probabilities

    Supported

    Deterministic seed

    Supported

    Parallel tool calls

    Not supported

    Prompt caching

    Supported

    Strengths and limitations

    Strengths

    • Measured results (AA Intelligence 38.8) position it for demanding production work.
    • 500K context supports large documents, repositories and extended conversations.
    • Supports text & reasoning and vision workloads in one model.

    Limitations

    • Real-world cost still depends on prompt length, response length and provider-specific billing rules.
    • Large context capacity does not guarantee consistent retrieval across the entire prompt.
    • Arena Elo and MMLU-Pro are directional; test accuracy, latency and reliability on your own workload before committing.

    Arena Elo, MMLU-Pro and pricing figures are illustrative; validate current vendor terms before purchase.

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    Frequently asked questions about Grok 4.5

    Grok 4.5 is a text & reasoning and vision model from xAI. Grok 4.5 is a model from SpaceXAI with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM.