Models

GPT 5 Chat vs Grok 4.5

Output tokens cost $10.00 per million on GPT 5 Chat and $6.00 per million on Grok 4.5. Input tokens cost $1.25 per million on GPT 5 Chat and $2.00 per million on Grok 4.5. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.13 per million on GPT 5 Chat and $0.50 per million on Grok 4.5. Context lengths are 400,000 tokens on GPT 5 Chat and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 0.8s on GPT 5 Chat and 1.8s on Grok 4.5. Measured output throughput is 77.4 tok/s on GPT 5 Chat and 26.8 tok/s on Grok 4.5. On the LMArena coding leaderboard GPT 5 Chat scores 1463 and Grok 4.5 scores 1523.

OpenAIGPT 5 ChatGrokGrok 4.5
OpenAI logo
GPT 5 Chat
OpenAI · text, image → text

GPT-5 Chat points to the GPT-5 snapshot currently used in ChatGPT. GPT-5 is our next-generation, high-intelligence flagship model. It accepts both text and image inputs, and produces text outputs.

Input$1.25 /M
Output$10.00 /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 5 Chat
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$1.25
$2.00
Output /M
$10.00
$6.00
Cache read /M
$0.13
$0.50
Context length
400,000
500,000
Max output
128,000
500,000
Time to First Token
0.8 s
1.8 s
Throughput
77.4 tok/s
26.8 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
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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LMArena Benchmarks

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

Text
gpt-5-chat-latestgrok-4.5
1360142014801540
Overall
14271470
Coding
14631523
Math
14131478
Hard prompts
14491495
Instruction following
14171466
Multi-turn
14491477
Creative writing
13921449
Longer query
14361485
Chinese
14491511
English
14321475
Vision
gpt-5-chat-latestgrok-4.5
12001240128013201360
Overall
12251282
OCR
12451295
Diagram
12611321
Homework
12761328

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.

Grok 4.5
$210 /mo
GPT 5 Chat
$225 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GPT 5 Chat, Grok 4.5?

Grok 4.5: $6.00/M output tokens; GPT 5 Chat: $10.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; GPT 5 Chat: 1463 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

GPT 5 Chat: 0.8s 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 5 Chat accepts 400,000 and Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on GPT 5 Chat and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GPT 5 Chat at 77.4 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 26.8 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 5 Chat accepts text and image 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 5 Chat 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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