Grok 4.3 vs GPT-5.4 Mini

API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 19 October 2026.

x-ai · A · API-only
Input / 1M
$1.25
Output / 1M
$2.50
AA index
24.9
proprietary · 1M context
openai · B · API-only
Input / 1M
$0.75
Output / 1M
$4.50
AA index
24.1
proprietary · 400K context

Specification comparison

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Specification Grok 4.3 GPT-5.4 Mini
Deployment API-only (closed weights) API-only (closed weights)
Parameters n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Architecture n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Context length 1,000,000 400,000
Licence Proprietary Proprietary
Commercial use Per API terms Per API terms
Languages n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads 30d n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads all time n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Quantizations on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Gated n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
First seen on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
API input price / 1M tokens $1.25 $0.75
API output price / 1M tokens $2.50 $4.50
Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens $3.75 $5.25
Cached input / 1M tokens $0.20 $0.075
AA Intelligence Index 24.9 24.1
AA Coding Index 42.2 56.1
AA Agentic Index 15.5 17.9
Max output tokens 900,000 128,000
API providers 1 2
Tool calling Yes Yes
Reasoning mode Yes Yes

API cost

Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter

Grok 4.3 $3.75
GPT-5.4 Mini $5.25

Grok 4.3 is 1.4× cheaper at list price.

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