Models

Grok 4.5 vs Grok Code Fast 1

Output tokens cost $6.00 per million on Grok 4.5 and $0.50 per million on Grok Code Fast 1. Input tokens cost $2.00 per million on Grok 4.5 and $0.20 per million on Grok Code Fast 1. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.50 per million on Grok 4.5 and $0.05 per million on Grok Code Fast 1. Context lengths are 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5 and 256,000 tokens on Grok Code Fast 1. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 2.1s on Grok 4.5 and 1.3s on Grok Code Fast 1. Measured output throughput is 26.7 tok/s on Grok 4.5 and 87.0 tok/s on Grok Code Fast 1.

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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
Grok logo
Grok Code Fast 1
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.1 is a new conversational model with significant improvements in real-world usability, delivering exceptional performance in creative, emotional, and collaborative interactions. It is more perceptive to nuanced user intent, more engaging to converse with, and more coherent in personality, while fully preserving its core intelligence and reliability. Built on large-scale reinforcement learning infrastructure, the model is optimized for style, personality, helpfulness, and alignment, and leverages frontier agentic reasoning models as reward evaluators to autonomously assess and iterate on responses at scale, significantly enhancing overall interaction quality.

Input$0.20 /M
Output$0.50 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Grok 4.5
Grok Code Fast 1
Input /M
$2.00
$0.20
Output /M
$6.00
$0.50
Cache read /M
$0.50
$0.05
Context length
500,000
256,000
Max output
500,000
10,000
Time to First Token
2.1 s
1.3 s
Throughput
26.7 tok/s
87.0 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
July 2026
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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
grok-4.5grok-code-fast-1
1120126014001540
Overall
11401556
React
15591559
HTML
11471577
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 Code Fast 1
$19.50 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Grok 4.5, Grok Code Fast 1?

Grok Code Fast 1: $0.50/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

Grok Code Fast 1: 1.3s 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?

Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 and Grok Code Fast 1 accepts 256,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5 and 10,000 tokens on Grok Code Fast 1.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Grok Code Fast 1 at 87.0 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 26.7 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 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; Grok Code Fast 1 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Grok 4.5 and Grok Code Fast 1 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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