Models

GPT-5.1-Codex vs Grok 4.5

Output tokens cost $10.00 per million on GPT-5.1-Codex and $6.00 per million on Grok 4.5. Input tokens cost $1.25 per million on GPT-5.1-Codex and $2.00 per million on Grok 4.5. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.13 per million on GPT-5.1-Codex and $0.50 per million on Grok 4.5. Context lengths are 400,000 tokens on GPT-5.1-Codex and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 0.6s on GPT-5.1-Codex and 1.9s on Grok 4.5. Measured output throughput is 81.5 tok/s on GPT-5.1-Codex and 26.6 tok/s on Grok 4.5.

OpenAIGPT-5.1-CodexGrokGrok 4.5
OpenAI logo
GPT-5.1-Codex
OpenAI · text, image → text

GPT-5.1-Codex is a version of GPT-5 optimized for agentic coding tasks in Codex or similar environments. It's available in the Responses API only and the underlying model snapshot will be regularly updated.

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-5.1-Codex
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
0.6 s
1.9 s
Throughput
81.5 tok/s
26.6 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingfunction 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.

WebDev Arena
gpt-5.1-codexgrok-4.5
13001380146015401620
Overall
13301556
React
15591559
HTML
13371577
Gaming
15861586
Simulations
15981598
Data analytics
15221522

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-5.1-Codex
$225 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GPT-5.1-Codex, Grok 4.5?

Grok 4.5: $6.00/M output tokens; GPT-5.1-Codex: $10.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

GPT-5.1-Codex: 0.6s 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-5.1-Codex accepts 400,000 and Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on GPT-5.1-Codex and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GPT-5.1-Codex at 81.5 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-5.1-Codex accepts text and image input and supports thinking, 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 GPT-5.1-Codex 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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