Models

CC Kimi K2 Instruct 0905 vs Grok 4.5

Compare CC Kimi K2 Instruct 0905 from Moonshot AI and Grok 4.5 from Grok on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Moonshot AI logo
CC Kimi K2 Instruct 0905
Moonshot AI · text → text

For Claude code only

Input$1.10 /M
Output$3.30 /M
Grok logo
Grok 4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2.00 /M
Output$6.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

CC Kimi K2 Instruct 0905
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$1.10
$2.00
Output /M
$3.30
$6.00
Cache read /M
$1.10
$0.50
Context length
0
500,000
Max output
0
500,000
Time to First Token
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1.6 s
Throughput
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26.5 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
Released
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July 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
cc-kimi-k2-instruct-0905grok-4.5
1360142014801540
Overall
14181470
Coding
14671523
Math
14161478
Hard prompts
14371495
Instruction following
13901466
Multi-turn
14041477
Creative writing
13821449
Longer query
14031485
Chinese
14541511
English
14231475

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

CC Kimi K2 Instruct 0905
$116 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: CC Kimi K2 Instruct 0905, Grok 4.5?

CC Kimi K2 Instruct 0905: $3.30/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; CC Kimi K2 Instruct 0905: 1467 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

CC Kimi K2 Instruct 0905 accepts text input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Grok 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.

Can I call CC Kimi K2 Instruct 0905 and Grok 4.5 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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