Output tokens cost $6.00 per million on grok-4.5 and $0.33 per million on step-3.5-flash. Input tokens cost $2.00 per million on grok-4.5 and $0.11 per million on step-3.5-flash. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.50 per million on grok-4.5 and $0.11 per million on step-3.5-flash. Context lengths are 1,000,000 tokens on grok-4.5 and 256,000 tokens on step-3.5-flash. On the LMArena coding leaderboard grok-4.5 scores 1521 and step-3.5-flash scores 1451.
grok-4.5
step-3.5-flashGrok 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.
step-3.5-flash is stepfun's flagship inference model, designed for high-complexity tasks that require deep reasoning and fast execution. It excels at decomposing multi-step problems, performing tool calls, and maintaining consistency across massive datasets. It is the preferred choice for complex workloads such as long-context agents, advanced software engineering, and end-to-end research automation.
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step-3.5-flash: $0.33/M output tokens; grok-4.5: $6.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
grok-4.5: 1521; step-3.5-flash: 1451 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
grok-4.5 accepts 1,000,000 and step-3.5-flash accepts 256,000 input tokens.
grok-4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; step-3.5-flash accepts text and image input.
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