About
Grok 4.20 is a reasoning model from SpaceXAI with industry-leading speed and agentic tool calling capabilities.
Pricing
| Input | $1.75 | per 1M prompt tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $3.50 | per 1M generated tokens, reasoning included |
| Cached input | $0.28 | per 1M tokens read back from the prompt cache |
| Input over 200K | $3.50 | the whole prompt is billed at this rate once it passes the threshold |
| Output over 200K | $7.00 | applies to replies to those prompts |
| Web search | $0.0070 | per request that uses the provider’s built-in search |
What a request costs
| Typical request | Each | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Short chat reply1,500 in · 400 out | $0.0040 | $4.03 |
| Question over a long document40,000 in · 800 out | $0.073 | $72.80 |
| Agent tool step20,000 in · 1,200 out | $0.039 | $39.20 |
| Very long prompt (over 200K)250,000 in · 1,500 out | $0.885 | $885.50 |
At the developer-API rate, before any provider promotion or prompt-cache saving. In the app, the model picker shows what a message costs on your plan before you send it.
Benchmarks
Head-to-head rankings
- #11SlidesAgent arenaElo 118046% wins
- #28Web appsAgent arenaElo 113850% wins
- #29ASCII artModel arenaElo 117748% wins
- #31Godot gamesAgent arenaElo 108939% wins
- #34Full stackAgent arenaElo 105441% wins
- #35Android appsAgent arenaElo 106035% wins
- #38SVGModel arenaElo 116452% wins
- #41Mobile appsAgent arenaElo 108745% wins
- #513DModel arenaElo 119352% wins
- #51WebsitesModel arenaElo 123152% wins
Scores from Artificial Analysis; bars are scaled to the best model on our list. Rankings from Design Arena head-to-head votes. Published by OpenRouter alongside its catalogue.
Call it from code
OpenAI-compatible: point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.privateer.pro/v1 and set
model. Keys are created in the app under Settings.
cURL
curl https://api.privateer.pro/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PRIVATEER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "x-ai/grok-4.20",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'
Python
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
api_key=os.environ["PRIVATEER_API_KEY"],
)
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
model="x-ai/grok-4.20",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)
JavaScript
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
apiKey: process.env.PRIVATEER_API_KEY,
});
const reply = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "x-ai/grok-4.20",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(reply.choices[0].message.content);
Parameters this model accepts
include_reasoninglogprobsmax_tokensreasoningresponse_formatseedstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_logprobstop_p