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Grok 4.6 vs Grok 4.3

Pricing per million tokens, context window, capabilities — pulled from each provider's public docs. All 2 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 4.3
xai/grok-4.3
Provider
xAI
xAI
Family
Grok 4
Grok 4
Modality
text
text
Context window
500,000 tok
1,000,000 tok
Max output
32,768 tok
32,768 tok
Released
2026-08-12
2026-05-22
License
Proprietary
Proprietary
Input price
$1.00 /1M
$1.25 /1M
Output price
$1.00 /1M
$2.50 /1M
Tools
Streaming
yes
yes
Vision
yes
yes
JSON mode
Reasoning
Prompt caching
Batch API
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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
Use cases
ChatbotsContent generationAgentic workflows
Grok 4.3
xai/grok-4.3
Full spec →

xAI's Grok 4.3 model with a 1M-token context window and strong agentic tool calling with minimal hallucinations. Accepts text and image inputs, and supports function calling, structured outputs, and configurable reasoning effort (none, low, medium, high).

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Use cases
ChatbotsContent generationAgentic workflows

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Grok 4.6 vs Kimi K3
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Grok 4.6 vs GPT-5.6 Sol
xai/grok-4.6 · openai/gpt-5.6-sol
Grok 4.6 vs Claude Fable 5
xai/grok-4.6 · anthropic/claude-fable-5
Grok 4.6 vs Gemini 3.6 Flash
xai/grok-4.6 · google/gemini-3.6-flash
Grok 4.6 vs GLM-5.2
xai/grok-4.6 · zai-org/glm-5.2
Grok 4.6 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro
xai/grok-4.6 · google/gemini-3.1-pro
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, all 2, one line different.

from openai import OpenAI

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

# Grok 4.6
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="xai/grok-4.6",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Grok 4.3
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="xai/grok-4.3",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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