Models

GPT 4.1 Nano (free) vs Grok 4.5

Context lengths are 1,047,576 tokens on GPT 4.1 Nano (free) and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 0.3s on GPT 4.1 Nano (free) and 1.8s on Grok 4.5. Measured output throughput is 109.6 tok/s on GPT 4.1 Nano (free) and 26.6 tok/s on Grok 4.5. On the LMArena coding leaderboard GPT 4.1 Nano (free) scores 1374 and Grok 4.5 scores 1523.

OpenAIGPT 4.1 Nano (free)GrokGrok 4.5
OpenAI logo
GPT 4.1 Nano (free)
OpenAI · text, image → text

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Input$0.00 /M
Output$0.00 /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.

GPT 4.1 Nano (free)
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$0.00
$2.00
Output /M
$0.00
$6.00
Cache read /M
$0.00
$0.50
Context length
1,047,576
500,000
Max output
32,768
500,000
Time to First Token
0.3 s
1.8 s
Throughput
109.6 tok/s
26.6 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
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.

gpt-4.1-nano-freegrok-4.5

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.

gpt-4.1-nano-freegrok-4.5

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
gpt-4.1-nano-freegrok-4.5
1240132014001480
Overall
13221470
Coding
13741523
Math
12741478
Hard prompts
13331495
Instruction following
13011466
Multi-turn
13141477
Creative writing
13071449
Longer query
13251485
Chinese
13211511
English
13401475
Vision
gpt-4.1-nano-freegrok-4.5
1060114012201300
Overall
10891282
OCR
12951295
Diagram
13211321
Homework
13281328

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.

GPT 4.1 Nano (free)
$0.00 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

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

FAQ

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; GPT 4.1 Nano (free): 1374 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

GPT 4.1 Nano (free): 0.3s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

GPT 4.1 Nano (free) accepts 1,047,576 and Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 32,768 tokens on GPT 4.1 Nano (free) and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GPT 4.1 Nano (free) at 109.6 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 26.6 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

GPT 4.1 Nano (free) accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; Grok 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.

Can I call GPT 4.1 Nano (free) 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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