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Grok 2 1212 vs Grok 4.5

Compare Grok 2 1212 from Grok and Grok 4.5 from Grok on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Grok 2 1212
Grok · → text

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Input$1.8 /M
Output$9 /M
Grok logo
Grok 4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2 /M
Output$6 /M
Cache read$0.5 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Grok 2 1212
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$1.8
$2
Output /M
$9
$6
Cache read /M
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$0.5
Context length
0
500,000
Max output
0
500,000
Time to First Token
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1.6 s
Throughput
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17.6 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
Released
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July 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

grok-2-1212grok-4.5

Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
grok-2-1212grok-4.5
12601320138014401500
Overall
13361466
Coding
13591359
Math
12941294
Hard prompts
13261326
Instruction following
13121312
Multi-turn
13251325
Creative writing
13171317
Longer query
13351335
Chinese
13411341
English
13461346

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Grok 4.5
$210 /mo
Grok 2 1212
$243 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Grok 2 1212, Grok 4.5?

Grok 4.5: $6/M output tokens; Grok 2 1212: $9/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Can I call Grok 2 1212 and Grok 4.5 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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