Gemini-2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 Search integrates Google's official search functionality; the search feature will have an additional separate fee log directly integrated into the scoring deduction, with detailed logs not displayed. It will be fixed and displayed later. Only OpenAI-compatible formats are supported for invocation; Gemini SDK is not supported. For Gemini's native SDK, please set parameters directly using the official search parameters.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 Search vs Grok 4.5
Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 Search from Google 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.
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.
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FAQ
Which is cheaper: Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 Search, Grok 4.5?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 Search: $2.50/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
Which responds faster?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 Search: 0.7s 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?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 Search accepts 1,048,576 and Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 65,536 tokens on Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 Search and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5.
Which one generates tokens faster?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 Search at 54.6 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 33.0 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.
What inputs and capabilities does each model support?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 Search accepts text, image, audio and video input and supports 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 Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 Search 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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