Grok 4.6 (batch)

by xAI

x-ai/grok-4.6:batch
Input
$2.24/1M tokens
Output
$6.72/1M tokens
Context
500Ktokens
Max output
450Ktokens
Knows to
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Released
12 Aug 2026

About

Grok 4.6 is a model from SpaceXAI with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM. It is succeeded by Grok 4.7.

Pricing

Input$2.24per 1M prompt tokens
Output$6.72per 1M generated tokens, reasoning included
Cached input$0.56per 1M tokens read back from the prompt cache
Input over 200K$4.48the whole prompt is billed at this rate once it passes the threshold
Output over 200K$13.44applies to replies to those prompts
Web search$0.0070per request that uses the provider’s built-in search

What a request costs

Typical requestEachPer 1,000
Short chat reply1,500 in · 400 out$0.0060$6.05
Question over a long document40,000 in · 800 out$0.095$94.98
Agent tool step20,000 in · 1,200 out$0.053$52.86
Very long prompt (over 200K)250,000 in · 1,500 out$1.14$1,140

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

Intelligence31.0#29 of 74
Coding75.9#18 of 162
Agentic52.5#9 of 132

Head-to-head rankings

  1. #1Android appsAgent arenaElo 129662% wins
  2. #4Godot gamesAgent arenaElo 127653% wins
  3. #6SlidesAgent arenaElo 114660% wins
  4. #7Full stackAgent arenaElo 125955% wins
  5. #7pdfAgent arenaElo 125660% wins
  6. #9Game devAgent arenaElo 115847% wins
  7. #10blender3dAgent arenaElo 115049% wins
  8. #11Mobile appsAgent arenaElo 123255% wins
  9. #13codetovideoAgent arenaElo 115146% wins
  10. #13Web appsAgent arenaElo 123556% 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-4.6:batch",
    "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-4.6:batch",
    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-4.6:batch",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(reply.choices[0].message.content);

Parameters this model accepts

include_reasoninglogprobsmax_tokensreasoningreasoning_effortresponse_formatseedstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_logprobstop_p

API reference → · How API billing works →

Prices are USD at the developer-API rate, as of 5 Nov 2026, rebuilt daily from the providers’ live catalogues. ← All models