Models

Grok 4.3 vs Grok 4.5

Output tokens cost $2.50 per million on Grok 4.3 and $6.00 per million on Grok 4.5. Input tokens cost $1.25 per million on Grok 4.3 and $2.00 per million on Grok 4.5. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.20 per million on Grok 4.3 and $0.50 per million on Grok 4.5. Context lengths are 1,000,000 tokens on Grok 4.3 and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 0.4s on Grok 4.3 and 1.6s on Grok 4.5. Measured output throughput is 44.5 tok/s on Grok 4.3 and 25.8 tok/s on Grok 4.5. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Grok 4.3 scores 1487 and Grok 4.5 scores 1523.

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Grok 4.3
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.3 is amongst the leading models in intelligence and well priced when comparing to other models of similar price. It's also notably fast, however very verbose. The model supports text and image input, outputs text, and has a 1m tokens context window.

Input$1.25 /M
Output$2.50 /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.

Grok 4.3
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$1.25
$2.00
Output /M
$2.50
$6.00
Cache read /M
$0.20
$0.50
Context length
1,000,000
500,000
Max output
1,000,000
500,000
Time to First Token
0.4 s
1.6 s
Throughput
44.5 tok/s
25.8 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction 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.

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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
grok-4.3grok-4.5
13801420146015001540
Overall
14421470
Coding
14871523
Math
14191478
Hard prompts
14571495
Instruction following
14151466
Multi-turn
14461477
Creative writing
14271449
Longer query
14451485
Chinese
14831511
English
14511475
Vision
grok-4.3grok-4.5
1220126013001340
Overall
12411282
OCR
12511295
Diagram
12651321
Homework
12541328
WebDev Arena
grok-4.3grok-4.5
1320140014801560
Overall
13571556
React
13531559
HTML
13641577
Gaming
13541586
Simulations
13591598
Data analytics
13371522

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 4.3
$113 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Grok 4.3, Grok 4.5?

Grok 4.3: $2.50/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; Grok 4.3: 1487 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Grok 4.3: 0.4s 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?

Grok 4.3 accepts 1,000,000 and Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 1,000,000 tokens on Grok 4.3 and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Grok 4.3 at 44.5 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 25.8 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Grok 4.3 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, 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 Grok 4.3 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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