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Alicloud Deepseek V3.2 vs Grok 4.5

Compare Alicloud Deepseek V3.2 from DeepSeek and Grok 4.5 from Grok on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

DeepSeekAlicloud Deepseek V3.2GrokGrok 4.5
DeepSeek logo
Alicloud Deepseek V3.2
DeepSeek · → text

Input$0.274 /M
Output$0.411 /M
Cache read$0.0548 /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 /M
Output$6 /M
Cache read$0.5 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Alicloud Deepseek V3.2
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$0.274
$2
Output /M
$0.411
$6
Cache read /M
$0.0548
$0.5
Context length
0
500,000
Max output
0
500,000
Time to First Token
1.0 s
4.4 s
Throughput
34.7 tok/s
34.2 tok/s
Modalities
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.

alicloud-deepseek-v3.2grok-4.5

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
alicloud-deepseek-v3.2grok-4.5
13801420146015001540
Overall
14251471
Coding
14701523
Math
14291479
Hard prompts
14471495
Instruction following
14211466
Multi-turn
14281476
Creative writing
14011451
Longer query
14421487
Chinese
14631512
English
14371476
WebDev Arena
alicloud-deepseek-v3.2grok-4.5
1280138014801580
Overall
13321556
React
13471559
HTML
13081572
Gaming
15901590
Simulations
15831583
Data analytics
15191519

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.

Alicloud Deepseek V3.2
$22.61 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Alicloud Deepseek V3.2, Grok 4.5?

Alicloud Deepseek V3.2: $0.411/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; Alicloud Deepseek V3.2: 1470 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Alicloud Deepseek V3.2: 1.0s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Alicloud Deepseek V3.2 at 34.7 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 34.2 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

Can I call Alicloud Deepseek V3.2 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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