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xAI

Grok 4.5

xAI's 2026 frontier release pairing native tool use with real-time search.

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Our editorial assessment, based on the public sources listed below. Last reviewed .

Overall rank
#24
Tier
A
Score
83.8
Main category
Overall

Strengths

  • Real-time search grounding is built into the model rather than bolted on
  • Available through SuperGrok and X Premium+ subscriptions as well as the API
  • Backed by a rapid release cadence across coding and voice products

Considerations

  • Independent benchmark coverage lags the other frontier labs
  • Subscription tiers gate the strongest configurations
  • Enterprise compliance tooling is less mature than rival vendors

Price

API $2 input / $6 output per 1M tokens (prompts under 200K; $4 / $12 above); also in Grok subscriptions

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Score breakdown

Performance
85.0
55% of score
Reputation
87.0
35% of score
Recency
66.0
10% of score

The overall score combines these sub-scores using the weights shown. How we score →

Verification status

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