Grok 4.6
xai The API that serves this model and sets the prices shown here. grok-4.6 The model identifier to send in API requests. LLM Generates text from a prompt, so it can be compared with other LLMs on price and capability.Provider: xAI
Knowledge cutoff: February 2026
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Sticker prices & cost-per-token
List rates as published by xAI, before any volume or enterprise discounts.
$2.00
$6.00
500,000 tokens
500,000
tokens per response (includes reasoning tokens)
Closed weights
$0.50
Tiered / volume pricing
| Condition | Input cost | Output cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Above 200,000 input tokens | $4.00 / 1M | $12.00 / 1M |
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History
Last change detected September 21, 2026 (about 1 month ago) by an automated scan.
| Date | Changed by | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2026 | Unknown | Initial record created |
Source
https://docs.x.ai/docs/modelsComparable models
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Reliability
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Frequently asked questions
Grok 4.6 (xAI) costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens, as last published by xAI.
Grok 4.6 has a context window of 500,000 tokens (the maximum combined input and output it can handle in a single request).
Grok 4.6 can generate up to 500,000 tokens in a single response. Reasoning (thinking) tokens count toward this limit.
Grok 4.6's training data runs through February 2026, so it may not know about later events. Coolhand records the cutoff at month precision, since providers often publish only the month.
Grok 4.6 accepts image, pdf, and text as input and produces text as output, as recorded in the Coolhand catalog.
No — the weights of Grok 4.6 have not been released, so it is only available through hosted APIs.
No, Grok 4.6 is currently active with no announced deprecation date.
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