Models

Grok 4.5 vs North Mini Code (free)

Context lengths are 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5 and 256,000 tokens on North Mini Code (free).

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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
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North Mini Code (free)
Cohere · text → text

Developed by Cohere, north-mini-code-free is the debut model of the North family and Cohere's first agentic coding model. This sparse mixture-of-experts model features 30B total parameters and 3B active parameters, designed and optimized for high performance. With an expansive context length of 256,000 tokens, it is well-suited for handling complex developer workflows and large codebases.

Input$0.00 /M
Output$0.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Grok 4.5
North Mini Code (free)
Input /M
$2.00
$0.00
Output /M
$6.00
$0.00
Cache read /M
$0.50
$0.00
Context length
500,000
256,000
Max output
500,000
0
Time to First Token
2.1 s
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Throughput
26.9 tok/s
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Modalities
textimage
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
reasoningtool callinglong context
API Formats
chat_completions
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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Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

North Mini Code (free)
$0.00 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

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

FAQ

How large is each context window?

Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 and North Mini Code (free) accepts 256,000 input tokens.

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; North Mini Code (free) accepts text input and supports reasoning, tool calling and long context.

Can I call Grok 4.5 and North Mini Code (free) 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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