compare/Grok 4vsO4-Mini

Grok 4 vs O4-Mini

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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 Grok 4
xai/grok-4
O4-Mini
openai/o4-mini
ProviderxAIOpenAI
FamilyGrok 4o-series
Modalitytexttext
Context window256,000 tok200,000 tok
Max output16,384 tok100,000 tok
Released2025-07-092026-04-13
Input price$5.00 /1M$1.10 /1M
Output price$15.00 /1M$4.40 /1M
Cache read
Toolsyesyes
Streamingyesyes
Visionyes
JSON modeyesyes
Reasoningyesyes
Prompt caching
Grok 4
xai/grok-4
Full spec →

xAI Grok 4 — frontier reasoning, tool use, long context.

Strengths
  • Real-time search awareness
  • Irreverent tone
  • Competitive math + code
O4-Mini
openai/o4-mini
Full spec →

OpenAI's fast, lightweight reasoning model optimized for multi-step problem solving at lower cost.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try Grok 4
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="xai/grok-4",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try O4-Mini — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/o4-mini",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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