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Grok AI

xAI Grok — current text flagship is Grok 4.6 (API grok-4.6). Token prices from docs.x.ai. Real-time X search is a tool, not the weights.
by cache.directory updated Sep 6, 2026 CC-BY-4.0

## what it does

Overview

xAI’s current text flagship is Grok 4.6 (grok-4.6). Docs: “for everything else, including code, use Grok 4.6.” Launch: Introducing Grok 4.6 (12 Aug 2026). Model card: docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.6.

Shipped in Cursor, Grok Build, API, OpenRouter, Vercel, Cloudflare. Knowledge cutoff 1 Feb 2026. Context 500k tokens. Realtime X/web is search tools, not baked into the weights.

API pricing (fetched 2026-09-06)

From docs.x.ai/developers/models. Per 1M tokens:

ModelPromptInputCached inOutput
grok-4.6< 200k$2.00$0.50$6.00
grok-4.6≥ 200k$4.00$1.00$12.00

≥200k bills the whole request at the high rate. Launch post: fast variant is 2× those prices. Consumer SuperGrok seats: x.ai/pricing 403’d from this IP — check in the Grok app.

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