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Grok 4.5: release date and what it's for

Released , according to xAI's release notes. Identical pricing and context to 4.6, five weeks earlier. No reason to pick it now.

Status
Live
Released
Lab
xAI
Input
$2per million tokens
Output
$6per million tokens
Context window
500Ktokens
Max output
Not published

API model ID: grok-4.5

What we've written about Grok 4.5

September 23, 2026

Grok 4.7, Grok 4.8 and Grok Build: which Grok is out and what each one is for

Grok 4.7 shipped ten days after Musk said it needed a few more days, and the next one has a size but no date.

How Grok 4.5 compares on price and context

Price per million tokens

inputoutput

  1. GPT-6 Astra$10 / $50
  2. Grok 4.5$2 / $6
  3. Grok 4.7$2 / $6
  4. Grok 4.6$2 / $6
  5. Muse Spark 1.3$1.25 / $4.25
  6. Gemini 3.8 Flash$0.75 / $3.75
  7. Grok Build 0.1$1 / $2
Context window, in tokens

how much it reads at once

  1. GPT-6 Astra1.05M
  2. Muse Spark 1.31.05M
  3. Gemini 3.8 Flash1.05M
  4. Grok 4.5500K
  5. Grok 4.7500K
  6. Grok 4.6500K
  7. Grok Build 0.1256K

Next to the newest xAI models and the current model from other labs. Prices are in US dollars per million tokens.

What is Grok 4.5?

Grok 4.5 is a model from xAI, built in the US. It's out, and you can use it today.

When did Grok 4.5 come out?

xAI released it on July 8, 2026. That date comes from xAI's release notes.

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