1 million Grok 4.5 tokens cost $2.00 as input or $6.00 as output. Most workloads land in between — a 70/30 input/output split costs about $3.20. Verified Aug 28, 2026
Quick answer
For Grok 4.5, 1 million tokens cost $2.00 as input or $6.00 as output. A representative 70/30 workload is about $3.20.
Method & trust
The page prices the selected token volume using the model's listed input and output rates, then applies a 70/30 input/output split for the representative workload. Cached input, batch discounts, retries, and provider fees can change the final invoice.
Interactive calculator
1,000,000 in · 0 out
Input price
$2.00 / 1M tokens
Output price
$6.00 / 1M tokens
Uncached pricing. Add caching and monthly projections in the full calculator.
What 1 million tokens buys in practice
$2.80
80% input / 20% output — short replies over conversation history.
$2.40
90% input / 10% output — long retrieved context, grounded answers.
$2.20
95% input / 5% output — full documents in, structured extraction out.
Same 1 million tokens on other models
FAQ
1 million input tokens cost $2.00; 1 million output tokens cost $6.00. A typical 70/30 input/output mix costs about $3.20. Rates: $2.00/M input, $6.00/M output.
A chat-style request of ~4,800 tokens (4,000 in + 800 out) means 1 million tokens is roughly 208 requests. For a RAG workload with ~8,500 tokens per request, about 118 requests.
Yes — cached input costs $0.30/M instead of $2.00/M, a 85% discount on repeated context.