Grok 4.6 vs Grok 4.5
Both cost the same: $0.60 per million input tokens and $1.80 per million output tokens. Both on one key at UplinkSwitch, each next to its developer's list price.
Prices · per million tokens, USD
| Tokens | Grok 4.6grok-4.6 | Grok 4.5grok-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.60xAI lists $2.00 · 70% under | $0.60xAI lists $2.00 · 70% under |
| Cached input | $0.15xAI lists $0.50 · 70% under | $0.09xAI lists $0.30 · 70% under |
| Output | $1.80xAI lists $6.00 · 70% under | $1.80xAI lists $6.00 · 70% under |
| Formats | OpenAI SDK | OpenAI SDK |
| Developer | xAI | xAI |
List price: each developer's published rate, read October 2026. A model with no cached rate bills cached tokens at its input rate. Live from GET https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/catalog.
Same key, same URL
One base URL and one key serve both models. The request below calls Grok 4.6; put grok-4.5 in the model field to call Grok 4.5 instead.
shell
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"grok-4.6","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'Model pages: Grok 4.6, Grok 4.5. Pricing by family: Grok. More comparisons: Grok 4.6 vs GPT-6.1 Sol, Grok 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 5.5.
Questions
- Which costs less, Grok 4.6 or Grok 4.5?
- Both cost the same: $0.60 per million input tokens and $1.80 per million output tokens.
- Can I switch between them by changing the model id?
- Yes. Both answer in the OpenAI SDK format at the same base URL with the same key. Change the model id from grok-4.6 to grok-4.5 and nothing else.
- Is there a subscription?
- No. Prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee. Each top-up locks your prices for 30 days.