x-ai / text-generation API-only released 2026-08-12

Grok 4.6

Name: Grok 4.6
Price: 2 USD
Author: x-ai

Grok 4.6 is a model from SpaceXAI with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM. It is succeeded by [Grok 4.7](/x-ai/grok-4.7).

Input / 1M

$2.00

Output / 1M

$6.00

Context

500K

AA Intelligence

44.3

Closed weights — available only as a hosted API text + image + file → text View on OpenRouter ↗

Pricing

via OpenRouter · USD per 1M tokens · synced 2026-10-24

$2.00

input / 1M

$6.00

output / 1M

$0.50

cached input / 1M

$8.00

1M in + 1M out

Price tiers

Above 200K prompt tokens: input $4.00/M, output $12.00/M (2× base)

Context window: 500,000 tokens
Max output: 450,000 tokens
Providers: 2
Cheapest provider: xAI · $2.00 / $6.00
Best throughput: —
AA Intelligence / Coding / Agentic: 44.3 / 76.8 / 53

✓ Tool calling ✓ Reasoning ✓ Structured outputs ✓ Image input ✓ File input ✗ Audio input ✓ Prompt caching

Price history

tracking started — chart appears after 7 days of snapshots (6 recorded)

Current: $2.00 input · $6.00 output per 1M tokens

Benchmarks

Third-party indices as published through OpenRouter — Artificial Analysis and Design Arena. Not measured by us.

AA Intelligence Index: 44.3
AA Coding Index: 76.8
AA Agentic Index: 53

Design Arena

CategoryEloWin %Rank

agenticgamedev 1208 46.8% #9

androidnative 1293 61.5% #1

blender3d 1187 49.6% #12

fullstack 1264 54.9% #7

godotgamedev 1276 53% #4

htmlslides 1146 60.1% #6

mobileapps 1233 55.4% #9

python-pptxslides 1198 52.6% #11

webapps 1248 55.8% #12

3d 1277 52.3% #22

asciiart 1279 58.3% #7

codecategories 1292 52.5% #18

dataviz 1283 51.4% #19

gamedev 1296 53.9% #20

svg 1239 49% #14

uicomponent 1293 53.5% #21

website 1288 52.2% #21

Providers

2 providers · per 1M tokens · last 30 min metrics

Provider	Quant	Context	Input	Output	Uptime	Tok/s
xAI	unknown	500K	$2.00	$6.00	100%	—
xAI	unknown	500K	$2.00	$6.00	100%	—
Amazon Bedrock	unknown	500K	$2.20	$6.60	—	—
xAI	unknown	500K	$2.20	$6.60	—	—
xAI	unknown	500K	$4.00	$12.00	—	—
xAI	unknown	500K	$4.00	$12.00	—	—

Provider data from OpenRouter's endpoint listing, refreshed daily.

Specifications

Organisation: x-ai
Released on OpenRouter: 2026-08-12
Context window: 500,000 tokens
Max output: 450,000 tokens
Input: text, image, file
Output: text
Tokenizer: Grok
Moderated by provider: No
OpenRouter id: x-ai/grok-4.6

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