Model Details
2026-04Price Data Last Verified: April 22, 2026
Grok 4.20 API Pricing & Cost Calculator
Current premium Grok API tier for stronger reasoning and higher-output tasks.
Pricing Details
- Provider
- xAI
- Input Price
- $2.00 / 1M tokens
- Output Price
- $6.00 / 1M tokens
- Context Window
- 256K
Cost Scenarios
Small Request$0.008
Medium Request$0.08
Large Request$0.50
High Volume$5.00
Detailed Cost Breakdown
| Scenario | Input Tokens | Output Tokens | Input Cost | Output Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Request | 1,000 | 1,000 | $0.002 | $0.006 | $0.008 |
| Medium Request | 10,000 | 10,000 | $0.02 | $0.06 | $0.08 |
| Large Request | 100,000 | 50,000 | $0.20 | $0.30 | $0.50 |
| High Volume | 1,000,000 | 500,000 | $2.00 | $3.00 | $5.00 |
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