tokevenGrok 4.6
Grok 4.6 is Grok's most capable model, priced at $2.00/MTok input and $6.00/MTok output with a 500K context window.
Input $/MTok
$2.00
Output $/MTok
$6.00
Context window
500K
Cache read discount
75% off
Grok 4.6 pricing breakdown
| Rate | Input $/MTok | Output $/MTok |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $2.00 | $6.00 |
| Cached read (75% off input) | $0.50 | - |
| Cached write (no surcharge) | $2.00 | - |
| Batch (50% off) | $1.00 | $3.00 |
| Long context (≥200K tokens) | $4.00 | $12.00 |
All rates in USD per million tokens. Prices verified against provider documentation.
Grok 4.6 task benchmarks
Confidence scores (0-100) and cross-provider rank for each task type. Rank 1 is best across all 88 models.
| Task | Confidence | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Code Generation | 65/100 | #9 |
| Code Review | - | - |
| Summarization | 70/100 | #11 |
| Q&A | - | - |
| Extraction | 72/100 | #21 |
| Reasoning | 91/100 | #5 |
| Classification | - | - |
| Creative Writing | 78/100 | #5 |
Grok 4.6 cost by use case
Estimated cost per API call using default token counts for each workload.
| Use case | Input tokens | Output tokens | Cost / call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code Generation | 2,000 | 4,000 | $0.0280 |
| Unit Test Generation | 3,000 | 5,000 | $0.0360 |
| SQL Generation | 1,500 | 1,000 | $0.009000 |
| API Generation | 3,000 | 6,000 | $0.0420 |
| Code Refactoring | 4,000 | 4,000 | $0.0320 |
| Code Review | 5,000 | 2,000 | $0.0220 |
| PR Review | 8,000 | 3,000 | $0.0340 |
| Security Review | 6,000 | 2,500 | $0.0270 |
| Bug Detection | 5,000 | 2,000 | $0.0220 |
| Document Summarization | 10,000 | 1,000 | $0.0260 |
| PDF Summarization | 15,000 | 1,500 | $0.0390 |
| Meeting Notes | 8,000 | 2,000 | $0.0280 |
Monthly cost projections
Projected monthly spend at different call volumes, using code generation as a representative workload (2,000 input / 4,000 output tokens per call).
| Calls / month | Without caching | With caching (75% read discount) |
|---|---|---|
| 1K | $28 | $25.9 |
| 10K | $280 | $259 |
| 100K | $2,800 | $2,590 |
| 500K | $14,000 | $12,950 |
| 1M | $28,000 | $25,900 |
Caching estimate assumes 70% of input tokens are cache reads. Your actual cache hit rate will depend on prompt structure and reuse.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Other Grok models
Grok Build 0.1
Fast / Budget / $1.00 in / $2.00 out
Grok 4.3
Mid-tier / $1.25 in / $2.50 out
Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning
Mid-tier / $1.25 in / $2.50 out
Grok 4.20 Reasoning
Mid-tier / $1.25 in / $2.50 out
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
Mid-tier / $1.25 in / $2.50 out
Grok 4.5
Flagship / $2.00 in / $6.00 out
Grok 4.7
Flagship / $2.00 in / $6.00 out
Grok 4.6 pricing history
Input launched
$2.00/MTok at launch
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