Models

GPT 4.1 vs Grok 4.5

Output tokens cost $8.00 per million on GPT 4.1 and $6.00 per million on Grok 4.5. Input tokens cost $2.00 per million on GPT 4.1 and $2.00 per million on Grok 4.5. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.50 per million on GPT 4.1 and $0.50 per million on Grok 4.5. Context lengths are 1,047,576 tokens on GPT 4.1 and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 1.1s on GPT 4.1 and 1.6s on Grok 4.5. Measured output throughput is 81.0 tok/s on GPT 4.1 and 25.2 tok/s on Grok 4.5. On the LMArena coding leaderboard GPT 4.1 scores 1457 and Grok 4.5 scores 1523.

OpenAIGPT 4.1GrokGrok 4.5
OpenAI logo
GPT 4.1
OpenAI · text, image → text

The latest flagship multimodal model supports million-token context, with encoding capability (SWE-bench 54.6%) and instruction-following (Scale AI 38.3%) performance significantly surpassing GPT-4o, while reducing costs by 26%, making it suitable for complex tasks. Its automatic caching mechanism offers a 75% cost reduction on cache hits.

Input$2.00 /M
Output$8.00 /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$2.00 /M
Output$6.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

GPT 4.1
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$2.00
$2.00
Output /M
$8.00
$6.00
Cache read /M
$0.50
$0.50
Context length
1,047,576
500,000
Max output
32,768
500,000
Time to First Token
1.1 s
1.6 s
Throughput
81.0 tok/s
25.2 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction 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.

gpt-4.1grok-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.

gpt-4.1grok-4.5

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
gpt-4.1grok-4.5
1340140014601520
Overall
14141470
Coding
14571523
Math
13741478
Hard prompts
14311495
Instruction following
14031466
Multi-turn
14291477
Creative writing
14021449
Longer query
14251485
Chinese
14151511
English
14221475
Vision
gpt-4.1grok-4.5
1180124013001360
Overall
12141282
OCR
12261295
Diagram
12321321
Homework
12481328

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
GPT 4.1
$240 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GPT 4.1, Grok 4.5?

Grok 4.5: $6.00/M output tokens; GPT 4.1: $8.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; GPT 4.1: 1457 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

GPT 4.1: 1.1s 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?

GPT 4.1 accepts 1,047,576 and Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 32,768 tokens on GPT 4.1 and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GPT 4.1 at 81.0 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 25.2 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

GPT 4.1 accepts text and image 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 GPT 4.1 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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