Grok 4.6 vs Grok 4.5
The newest Grok against the release it replaces, at an identical price.
What the numbers say
- Output pricing is close: 66.0 vs 66.0 credits per 1M tokens.
- Both take the same 500K-token context window.
- Grok 4.6 is the newer release (August 2026 vs July 2026).
Derived from the live registry Zeplik routes and bills against. Credits: 1 credit = $0.10, raw provider rate with a 1.10x margin.
Side by side
Grok 4.6
xAI
Grok 4.6 is SpaceXAI's smartest model with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM.
- Provider
- xAI
- Context window
- 500K tokens
- Input price
- 22.0 credits / 1M tokens ($2.00 raw)
- Output price
- 66.0 credits / 1M tokens ($6.00 raw)
- Vision (image input)
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Extended reasoning
- No
Best for
- Hard problems where answer quality matters more than cost: strategy, analysis, difficult writing
- Very long documents and codebases: a 500K-token window fits entire books or repositories in one conversation
- Working with images: screenshots, charts, photos and scanned documents alongside text
- Tool use and agents: reliably calls functions, so it can search, run skills and drive workflows
Grok 4.5
xAI
Grok 4.5 is a model from SpaceXAI with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM.
- Provider
- xAI
- Context window
- 500K tokens
- Input price
- 22.0 credits / 1M tokens ($2.00 raw)
- Output price
- 66.0 credits / 1M tokens ($6.00 raw)
- Vision (image input)
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Extended reasoning
- No
Best for
- Hard problems where answer quality matters more than cost: strategy, analysis, difficult writing
- Very long documents and codebases: a 500K-token window fits entire books or repositories in one conversation
- Working with images: screenshots, charts, photos and scanned documents alongside text
- Tool use and agents: reliably calls functions, so it can search, run skills and drive workflows
Try both on Zeplik
The honest answer to most model debates is to run your own prompt on both. Zeplik puts Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.5 in the same chat, so you can switch mid-conversation and compare answers on the work you actually do.
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- 465 AI skillsReady-to-run expert methods that run on Grok 4.6, Grok 4.5 or any other model.
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- Simple pricingPlus, Pro and Max plans with a monthly credit allowance that works across every model.