Models

GPT 4o Audio Preview vs Grok 4.5

Output tokens cost $10.00 per million on GPT 4o Audio Preview and $6.00 per million on Grok 4.5. Input tokens cost $2.50 per million on GPT 4o Audio Preview and $2.00 per million on Grok 4.5. Cached input tokens are billed at $2.50 per million on GPT 4o Audio Preview and $0.50 per million on Grok 4.5. Context lengths are 128,000 tokens on GPT 4o Audio Preview and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 2.5s on GPT 4o Audio Preview and 1.8s on Grok 4.5. Measured output throughput is 10.4 tok/s on GPT 4o Audio Preview and 26.8 tok/s on Grok 4.5.

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GPT 4o Audio Preview
OpenAI · text, audio → text

OpenAI voice input and output model, with prices consistent with the official ones. For now, only the text portion prices are displayed; voice prices can be found on the official OpenAI website. Backend billing is the same as the official.

Input$2.50 /M
Output$10.00 /M
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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 4o Audio Preview
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$2.50
$2.00
Output /M
$10.00
$6.00
Cache read /M
$2.50
$0.50
Context length
128,000
500,000
Max output
16,384
500,000
Time to First Token
2.5 s
1.8 s
Throughput
10.4 tok/s
26.8 tok/s
Modalities
textaudio
textimage
Supported Parameters
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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Cost calculator

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

Grok 4.5
$210 /mo
GPT 4o Audio Preview
$300 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GPT 4o Audio Preview, Grok 4.5?

Grok 4.5: $6.00/M output tokens; GPT 4o Audio Preview: $10.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

Grok 4.5: 1.8s 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 4o Audio Preview accepts 128,000 and Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 16,384 tokens on GPT 4o Audio Preview and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Grok 4.5 at 26.8 tok/s and GPT 4o Audio Preview at 10.4 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 4o Audio Preview accepts text and audio input; Grok 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.

Can I call GPT 4o Audio Preview 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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