Grok 4.5 API Benchmarks, Pricing & Provider Data
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Grok 4.5 benchmark, API pricing, and provider data cover 233 API providers, with prices starting at $0.0030/request. Grok 4.5 free API options are available from 6 providers. The page also shows measured API speed and first-token latency.
Grok 4.5 is SpaceXAI's smartest model with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM.
Category Performance
Observed-capability estimates with uncertainty reported separately from independent benchmark families.
- Coverage
- 4 / 8
- Methodology
- V3.0
#1Agents61.8Estimated2/4 Measured dimensions
#2Coding59.5RatedGlobal rank #74/4 Measured dimensions
#3Knowledge57.8Provisional1/4 Measured dimensions
#4Reasoning54.4RatedGlobal rank #213/4 Measured dimensions
Specifications
Input and output token limits for this model, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.
Features
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It's decent at
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Detailed scores
Updated: Aug 23, 2026Overall
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Overall score67.0#26 / 100DeepSWE53.0#13 / 16
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Output speed56.8 tok/s#56 / 74Time to first token11.57 s#65 / 74
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Input price$2.00/M#139 / 180Output price$6.00/M#124 / 180
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Agents
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Score61.880% interval50.6–73.12/4 Measured dimensionsAgentic score84.3#13 / 69Terminal-Bench 2.083.3#6 / 53
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Coding
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Score59.5#780% interval52.6–66.44/4 Measured dimensionsSciCode54.1%#13 / 204Coding score60.1#28 / 81
Coding
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Reasoning
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Score54.4#2180% interval45.6–63.13/4 Measured dimensionsGPQA93.1%#9 / 211HLE42.7%#16 / 208
Reasoning
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Knowledge
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Score57.880% interval43.8–71.81/4 Measured dimensionsArtificial Analysis Intelligence Index55.8#11 / 111AA-GPQA Diamond93.1#8 / 108
Knowledge
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Math
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No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
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Multilingual
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No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
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80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensionsAA-MMMU-Pro80.4#11 / 65Design Arena Website1299.0#13 / 75
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Instruction following
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No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
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OpenRouter endpoints
4 endpointsThird-party OpenRouter endpoint data, shown separately from LMSpeed measurements. Some 30-minute live performance fields only appear after syncing with an OpenRouter API key.
| Provider endpoint | Input | Output | 1d uptime | 30m latency | 30m throughput | Context / output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
xAI xai/zdr | $2/M | $6/M | 100.0% | — | — | undefined tokens / — |
xAI xai/zdr/priority | $4/M | $12/M | 100.0% | — | — | undefined tokens / — |
xAI xai | $2/M | $6/M | 99.9% | — | — | undefined tokens / — |
xAI xai/priority | $4/M | $12/M | 99.9% | — | — | undefined tokens / — |
Pricing Comparison
Compare Grok 4.5 API pricing across 227 providers. Prices range from $0.0030/request to $547.50/M. Crond offers the lowest rate at $0.0030/request. 6 providers offer free API credits or a free tier.
| Provider | Health | Model Variant | Group | Input ($/M) | Output ($/M) | Speed (t/s) | First token | Audit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L1 100% L2 38% | grok-4.5 | default | $75.00/M | $75.00/M | 57.8 t/s+2% | 15.17 s | ||
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | grok-sale | -99%$0.029/M Cache read$0.0071/M | -99%$0.086/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | default | -93%$0.137/M Cache read$0.034/M | -93%$0.411/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | Grok | -92%$0.150/M Cache read$0.037/M | -92%$0.450/M | — | — | ||
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | discount-grok | -95%$0.100/M Cache read$0.025/M | -95%$0.300/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | default | -86%$0.274/M Cache read$0.068/M | -86%$0.822/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | grok-4-5 | grok | -75%$0.500/M Cache read$0.125/M | -75%$1.50/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | grok | -75%$0.500/M Cache read$0.125/M | -75%$1.50/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | xAI | -66%$0.685/M Cache read$0.171/M | -66%$2.05/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | xai | -64%$0.719/M | -88%$0.719/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | grok_official_Mzg= | -48%$1.04/M | -48%$3.12/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | default | $2.00/M Cache read$0.500/M | $6.00/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | default | $2.00/M Cache read$0.300/M | -50%$3.00/M | — | — | — | |
兔子API Free | L1 100% | grok-4.5 | default | Free | Free | — | — | — |
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | grok-1 | -93%$0.137/M Cache read$0.034/M | -93%$0.411/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | grok | -90%$0.200/M Cache read$0.050/M | -90%$0.600/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | default | -23%$1.53/M | -49%$3.07/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | 按次-grok-4.5 | 按次计费 | $0.020/request | - | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | free | -99%$0.027/M | -99%$0.082/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | grok-4.5 | default | $0.050/request | - | — | — | — |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What benchmark data does Grok 4.5 include?
- LMSpeed shows Grok 4.5 benchmark context, API price, output speed, first-token latency, and provider data across 233 providers when those signals are available.
- What is the Grok 4.5 API price?
- Grok 4.5 has pricing from 233 providers, ranging from $0.0030/request to $547.50/M. Crond has the lowest listed price.
- What does the Grok 4.5 API pricing table include?
- The Grok 4.5 API pricing table compares 233 providers by input price, output price, free tier status, speed, first-token latency, and recent health data when available.
- Which provider has the cheapest Grok 4.5 API pricing?
- Crond currently has the lowest listed Grok 4.5 price at $0.0030/request across 233 providers.
- Can I compare Grok 4.5 API price and speed together?
- Yes. LMSpeed shows Grok 4.5 API price, output speed, first-token latency, and provider health on the same page so you can compare cost and performance together.
- Is Grok 4.5 API free?
- Yes, Grok 4.5 free API options are available through 6 providerundefined other undefined} on LMSpeed, including 兔子API, 兔子API, Dext API, 我不是AI神, 我不是AI神. These providers offer free API credits or a free tier with no per-token charges.
- Where can I get Grok 4.5 free API access?
- LMSpeed currently lists 6 free API providerundefined other undefined} for Grok 4.5: 兔子API, 兔子API, Dext API, 我不是AI神, 我不是AI神. Check each provider row before using it because free tier limits can change.