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Grok 4.5

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Grok 4.5 is xAI's frontier model for coding, agentic tasks, and knowledge work, available through the xAI API and in Cursor as a first-party model option.

Provider

xAI

Model family

xAI Grok

Multimodal LLM

Cost tier

Flagship

Status

Current

Why teams choose it

🧠

Evaluate as both an xAI API model and as a Cursor first-party coding model; billing and…

routing differ by surface.

📎

Strong fit for long-running coding and engineering tasks where token efficiency matters.

Strong fit for long-running coding and engineering tasks where token efficiency matters.

Tradeoffs to know

  • Confirm regional availability and model ID in xAI docs before rollout.
  • Cursor availability and usage pools can differ from direct xAI API billing.

When not to use this

  • Not ideal for simple tasks where cheaper models in the same lineup are good enough.
  • Avoid for latency-sensitive real-time chat when raw response speed outweighs reasoning depth.
  • Confirm limits, pricing, and regional availability on the provider side before committing production workloads.

Technical specs

Inputs
text, image
Outputs
text
Capabilities
agentic coding, reasoning, vision, function calling, structured outputs
License
Proprietary API
Model string
grok-4-5

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