Grok 4.5 — pricing & specs
Grok 4.5 is a flagship model from xAI, at capability tier 6 of 8. Live $/M-token pricing and specs from the Mintok catalog, as of 2026-07-25.
$/M-token pricing
as of 2026-07-25 · xAIWhat Grok 4.5 costs in practice
At $6/M output tokens, Grok 4.5 is the 3rd-cheapest of 8 priced tier-6 models in the Mintok catalog — about 40% below the tier median of $10/M.
| Scenario | Est. cost |
|---|---|
| 1M input + 1M output tokens | $8.00 |
| A 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) | $0.028 |
| 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) | $7.00 |
| 1M-token RAG chat session (900K cached in / 100K out) | $0.870 |
Estimated from list price (as of 2026-07-25) at the token mixes shown; your real cost depends on prompt/response length and cache hit-rate. Model your own volume →
Specifications
- Vendor
- xAI
- Family
- Grok
- Capability tier
- 6 / 8
- Size class
- FLAGSHIP
- Category
- GENERAL
- Context window
- 500,000 tokens
- Licensing
- Proprietary
Alternatives at tier 6
Same capability tier, sorted by output price — the cheaper-capable options.
- DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek$1.98/M out
- Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba$3.75/M out
- Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic$10/M out
- GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI$12/M out
- GPT-5.2OpenAI$14/M out
- Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic$15/M out
FAQ
How much does Grok 4.5 cost per token?
Grok 4.5 costs $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens (cached input $0.30/M), via xAI, as of 2026-07-25.
Is Grok 4.5 expensive?
At $6/M output tokens, Grok 4.5 is the 3rd-cheapest of 8 priced tier-6 models in the Mintok catalog — about 40% below the tier median of $10/M.
What does a typical request with Grok 4.5 cost?
At list price, a 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) with Grok 4.5 costs about $0.028, and 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) about $7.00.
What is Grok 4.5's context window?
Grok 4.5 supports a 500,000-token context window.
What capability tier is Grok 4.5?
Grok 4.5 sits at capability tier 6 of 8 on the Mintok scale (FLAGSHIP size class).
Is Grok 4.5 open-source or proprietary?
Grok 4.5 is a proprietary model from xAI, accessed via API.
Put Grok 4.5 to work
Benchmark it on your prompts, or size a deployment and compare $/M-token against alternatives.
Pricing and specs are maintained by Mintok's catalog watchers from public sources. Not investment advice. Methodology.