MODEL REFERENCE / XAI

Grok 4.6
verified model reference.

xAI frontier reasoning model for coding, agentic work, and long-context knowledge tasks.

500,000context tokens
No separate limitmax output
2026-10-03last verified

PRIMARY-SOURCE VERIFIED

Grok 4.6 at a glance.

xAI documents a 500,000-token context window. Input modalities: text + image. Output: text. Pricing status: Official paid API.

MODEL IDgrok-4.6
CONTEXT WINDOW500,000tokens
MAX OUTPUTNo separate limit
KNOWLEDGE CUTOFF2026-02-01
STANDARD INPUT$2.00official-paid
STANDARD OUTPUT$6.00official-paid

CAPABILITY CONTRACT

Published model behavior.

REASONING

low · medium · high · xhigh · default high

Only provider-documented reasoning controls are shown; missing controls remain unpublished rather than inferred.

INPUT

text + image

Input modalities come from the cited official model documentation.

OUTPUT

text

Output modality and output-limit claims remain separate so an undocumented token cap is not guessed.

PRICING STATUS

Official paid API.

$2.00 input · $0.50 cached · $6.00 output / MTok.

Only provider-published Standard paid token rates enter the SXF calculator. Partner hosting prices, negotiated rates and self-hosting costs are not substituted for a missing provider rate.

CAVEATS

What the source record does not assume.

01

xAI documents no separate text output limit for Grok 4.6.

02

Higher long-context token rates apply when prompt tokens exceed 200,000.

EXPLORE

Keep the model in context.

OFFICIAL SOURCES

Verification links.

WHAT CHANGED

Grok 4.6: what changed.

No post-baseline factual changes recorded for Grok 4.6 since 2026-10-03.

VERIFIED BASELINE2026-10-03Current facts remain aligned with the SXF ledger.

VERIFIED CHANGE HISTORY

Grok 4.6 verified history.

Open ledger JSON ↗
BASELINE

Grok 4.6

Baseline verified: 500,000 context · No separate limit max output · $2.00 input / $6.00 output per MTok

Official evidence ↗

Append-only SXF ledger · 1 verified event · chain head c62519fdffa4…

COMPARE GROK 4.6

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