Models

Grok 4.5 vs O1

Compare Grok 4.5 from Grok and O1 from OpenAI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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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
OpenAI logo
O1
OpenAI · text → text

OpenAI's most powerful O-series model supports official cache hits that halve the input cost.

Input$15.00 /M
Output$60.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Grok 4.5
O1
Input /M
$2.00
$15.00
Output /M
$6.00
$60.00
Cache read /M
$0.50
$7.50
Context length
500,000
200
Max output
500,000
0
Time to First Token
1.6 s
9.4 s
Throughput
30.9 tok/s
39.0 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
thinking
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.

grok-4.5o1

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.

grok-4.5o1

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-4.5o1
1360142014801540
Overall
14021470
Coding
14331523
Math
14091478
Hard prompts
14181495
Instruction following
14071466
Multi-turn
13861477
Creative writing
13811449
Longer query
14121485
Chinese
14301511
English
14121475
Vision
grok-4.5o1
1160122012801340
Overall
11931282
OCR
12951295
Diagram
13211321
Homework
13281328

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
O1
$1,800 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Grok 4.5, O1?

Grok 4.5: $6.00/M output tokens; O1: $60.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; O1: 1433 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Grok 4.5: 1.6s 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?

Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 and O1 accepts 200 input tokens.

Which one generates tokens faster?

O1 at 39.0 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 30.9 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; O1 accepts text input and supports thinking.

Can I call Grok 4.5 and O1 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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