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Grok 4.6 vs Grok Imagine Image 2.0

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 4.6
xai/grok-4.6
Grok Imagine Image 2.0
xai/grok-imagine-image-2.0
ProviderxAIxAI
FamilyGrok 4
Modalitytextimage
Context window500,000 tok
Max output32,768 tok
Released2026-08-12
Input price$1.00 /1M$0.060 /img
Output price$1.00 /1M
Cache read
Tools
Streamingyes
Visionyes
JSON mode
Reasoning
Prompt caching
Grok 4.6
xai/grok-4.6
Full spec →

xAI's Grok 4.6, a flagship reasoning model for coding, agentic tasks, and visual work. Accepts text and image inputs, and supports function calling and structured outputs.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Grok Imagine Image 2.0
xai/grok-imagine-image-2.0
Full spec →

Generate images from text using xAi's Grok Imagine 2.0 model.

Strengths
  • Text-to-image generation
  • Creative control
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 4.6
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="xai/grok-4.6",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try Grok Imagine Image 2.0 — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="xai/grok-imagine-image-2.0",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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