x-ai/grok-4.3:batch vs x-ai/grok-4.6
For 100,000 calls of 2,000 in and 500 out, x-ai/grok-4.3:batch is cheaper: $300.00 a month at OpenRouter, against $700.00 for x-ai/grok-4.6 at OpenRouter — 2.3× the cost.
Cheapest on each
x-ai/grok-4.3:batch
$300.00/mo
cheapest, at OpenRouter — $1 in, $2 out per million
x-ai/grok-4.6
$700.00/mo
cheapest, at OpenRouter — $2 in, $6 out per million
Aligned facts
Same rows on both sides, including the ones we cannot fill.
| Attribute | x-ai/grok-4.3:batch | x-ai/grok-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M | 500K |
| Accepts | Aa · IMG · FILE | Aa · IMG · FILE |
| Sellers | 1 | 1 |
| Cheapest input rate | $1 / M | $2 / M |
| Cached input rate | $0.16 / M | $0.5 / M |
No quality or benchmark row appears here. We hold no throughput or accuracy measurement for either model, and a cost-per-quality figure built from a lab’s own claim would look authoritative and mean nothing.
Cost for this workload — both models, every seller
100,000 calls a month · 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each. Sellers of both models lead, cheapest combined cost first.
| Seller | x-ai/grok-4.3:batch /mo | x-ai/grok-4.6 /mo |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $300.002026-10-27 | $700.002026-10-27 |
Cheapest tier per seller, this workload only. In and output rates, and a cached prefix, are broken out in the cost calculator.