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Grok 4.3

TRADE-OFF

A stored alternative has an equal-or-higher score and an equal-or-lower price, with capability losses.

$1.56 / 1M tokens Balanced · 3 tokens in per 1 out

Base context tier shown; inspect the complete context ladder below.

MiMo-V2.6-Pro · Δ score 93.5 points · 65% lower measured price

  • 900K → 131K max output
  • no file input
Independent LMArena score
1,396.8 ± 3.61 · 71,387 votes
Context window
1M
Maximum output
900K
Input modalities
text, image, file
Output modalities
text
Published input price
$1.25 / 1M tokens
Published output price
$2.50 / 1M tokens
Pricing kind
fixed
Context tiers
Tiered by context

Inspect complete billing conditions and endpoint terms below.

Price from xAI: the cheapest offer that is serving, at standard delivery, with at least 90% of the reference context and at the maker’s precision or better, at its standard rate.

Every price dimension · USD per million tokens
Input$1.25/M
Output$2.50/M
Cached input$0.200/M
Cache writeUnknown/M
Cache write 1hUnknown/M
ReasoningUnknown/M
Web search$0.005/call

The headline rate does not apply to a long-context workload.

Complete context ladder · 1 tier
More than 200,000 tokens$2.50/M in (2×) $5.00/M out $0.400/M cached input Unknown/M cache write

Who sells it

The same weights, different shops. Cheapest is not like-for-like when serving precision differs.

4 provider offers · rates, limits and conditions

Rates are USD per million tokens. Endpoint terms can differ even when the quoted price and precision match. A listed parameter is a provider declaration, not a task-success test.

SellerInputOutputPrecisionUptime (1d)
xAIxai/zdr
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.200
Context limit
1,000,000 tokens
Output limit
900,000 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Promotional discount
None reported
Uptime · last 30 minutes
93.33%
$1.25 $2.50 undeclared 94.28%
xAIxai
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.200
Context limit
1,000,000 tokens
Output limit
900,000 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Promotional discount
None reported
Uptime · last 30 minutes
100.00%
$1.25 $2.50 undeclared 98.30%
xAIxai/zdr/priority
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.400
Context limit
1,000,000 tokens
Output limit
900,000 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Promotional discount
None reported
Uptime · last 30 minutes
100.00%
$2.50 $5.00 undeclared 100.00%
xAIxai/priority
Endpoint terms
Cached input /M
$0.400
Context limit
1,000,000 tokens
Output limit
900,000 tokens
Tools
Listed by endpoint
Reasoning
Listed by endpoint
Promotional discount
None reported
Uptime · last 30 minutes
100.00%
$2.50 $5.00 undeclared 100.00%

Independent scores

LMArena Elo1396.8default
LMArena rowgrok-4.3

LMArena Elo under CC BY 4.0. Absence of another board is not a score of zero.

Best rankings by task

  • Pptxslides #8 1071
  • Agentichtmlslides #9 1066
  • Agenticslides(html) #9 1066
  • Agenticslides #9 1072
  • Agenticslides(python pptx) #9 1068
  • Htmlslides #23 1008
  • Agenticgamedev #24 1007
  • Python pptxslides #26 1072

Per-task Elo and rank from Design Arena, via OpenRouter’s model feed. The rank is the feed’s, and it counts models OpenRouter does not list.

Capability

Context window1M
Max output900K
Input modestext, image, file
Tool useyes
Reasoningoptional
Open weightsno

Provenance

Price sourceopenrouter.ai
Fetched2026-10-16
Quality dataverified
Cross-checkedvendor page

Grok 4.3 is a reasoning model from SpaceXAI. It accepts text and image inputs with text output, and is suited for agentic workflows, instruction-following tasks, and applications requiring high factual...

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What does Grok 4.3 cost?

$1.25/M in, $2.50/M out in this catalogue, as of the fetch date on this page. That is the API row, not a subscription.

Does Grok 4.3 have an independent quality score?

Grok 4.3 has an LMArena score in this catalogue.

What beats Grok 4.3?

MiMo-V2.6-Pro has an equal-or-higher measured score and an equal-or-lower price, with capability trade-offs.

Does this page use Artificial Analysis scores for Grok 4.3?

No. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo where a score exists; otherwise the row is unrated.

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