Social Media Sentiment Pulse: Grok 5 (Tier 2)

Grok 5 vs Grok 4.1
Complete Comparison: 25,000 input tokens × 5,000 output tokens
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⚡ 30% Cached

Complete comparison of pricing, performance, and capabilities for 2 leading AI models with 30% Cached.

⚡ Caching Optimized (up to 90% savings) 📊 Batch API
Comparison Criteria Grok 5
xAI
Grok 4.1
xAI
Calculation Results (Current Inputs) (30% cached)
Input Tokens 25,000 25,000
Output Tokens 5,000 5,000
Cost Breakdown
Input Cost $0.018750 (rounded ~ 0.02)Best $0.037500 (rounded ~ 0.04)Worst
Output Cost $0.018750 (rounded ~ 0.02)Best $0.037500 (rounded ~ 0.04)Worst
Unit Cost (Audio/OCR) $0.000000 $0.000000
Service Fees $0.000000 $0.000000
Total Cost $0.032438 (rounded ~ 0.03) Best Value $0.064875 (rounded ~ 0.06) Most Expensive
Processing Time 1 minute, 4.00 seconds Slowest 58.54 seconds Fastest
Tokens per Second 500Slowest 550Fastest
Time to First Token 200ms 200ms
Cost per 1K tokens $0.001081 (rounded ~ 0.00)Best $0.002163 (rounded ~ 0.00)Worst
Tokens per Dollar 924,855Best Value 462,428Worst Value
Cost per 1 Million Tokens (Informational)
Input Cost / 1M (Base) $0.750000Best $1.500000Worst
Output Cost / 1M (Base) $3.750000Best $7.500000Worst
Input Cost / 1M (Optimized) $0.375000 (rounded ~ 0.38)Best
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
$0.750000Worst
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
Output Cost / 1M (Optimized) $1.875000 (rounded ~ 1.88)Best
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
$3.750000Worst
Optimizations: 50.0% batch
Capabilities & Advanced Features
Images Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Video Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Audio Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Caching Support
30
✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Batch API Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
Tool Usage Support ✓ Supported ✓ Supported
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Grok 5
xAIMax Context: 2,000,000 tokens
$3 / $15 per 1M tokens
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Use Batch API (50% discount)
30%
Provider-specific multipliers applied after all calculations
Enable for cache discounts
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Number of requests (max 1M). Summary view auto-enabled >10k.

Calculate Token Costs

$0.032438 Total Cost
$0.013125 Input Cost
$0.018750 Output Cost
$0.000000 Unit Cost
$0.000000 Search Cost
$0.000000 Request Fee
$0.000000 Tool Fee
$0.000000 Code Execution
30,000Total Tokens
$0.001081Cost per 1K
924,855Tokens per $
📊 Advanced Cost Breakdown

Processing Speed

1m 4s Processing Time
500 Tokens/Second
200ms Time to First Token
467 Effective Speed

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Model Information

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🔄 Advanced Options

⚡ Optimization
Flat fee per session (e.g., $0.03 for Code Interpreter)
Hourly storage fee for cached data
First 50 hours free, $0.05/hour after
🧠 Reasoning & Thinking
Apply 1.5x multiplier to output tokens (GPT-5.4, Claude 4.6)
Manual thinking tokens (billed at output rate)
🔧 Special Modes
Enable 4x Tunnel Multiplier (applied after markup)
Enable 6.0x Fast Mode multiplier
📚 Research & Citations
Enable $1.00/$4.00 rates + $10.00/1k search
Enable research tier pricing
Fee per source cited
🎤 Realtime Audio & Video
Session length for billing
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Grok 5 xAI 2000000

$0.032438 (rounded ~ 0.03)
Total Cost
⚡ 30% Cached 📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools
👁️
Vision/Images
✓ Available
🎧
Audio Processing
✓ Available
🎥
Video Analysis
✓ Available
🔧
Tool Usage
✓ Available
📄
OCR Support
✗ Not Available
📊
Batch API
✓ Available
⚡
Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $0.037500 (rounded ~ 0.04) Input: $0.018750 (rounded ~ 0.02)
Output: $0.018750 (rounded ~ 0.02)
Optimized Cost $0.032438 (rounded ~ 0.03) Input: $0.018750 (rounded ~ 0.02)
Output: $0.018750 (rounded ~ 0.02)
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000
Total Savings $0.005063 (rounded ~ 0.01) 13.5% discount

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

📊 Batch API
50.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 25,000 input tokens and 5,000 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.018750 (rounded ~ 0.02)
  • Output Cost: $0.018750 (rounded ~ 0.02)
  • Total Cost: $0.032438 (rounded ~ 0.03)
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.001081 (rounded ~ 0.00)
  • Tokens per dollar: 924,855 tokens
  • Context Window: 2000000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 500 tokens per second and 200ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 1 minute, 4.00 seconds
  • Latency: 200 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 500 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 467 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

Real-time X data analysis for PR and brand management.

Grok 4.1 xAI 1000000

$0.064875 (rounded ~ 0.06)
Total Cost
⚡ 30% Cached 📊 Batch API 🔧 Tools
👁️
Vision/Images
✓ Available
🎧
Audio Processing
✓ Available
🎥
Video Analysis
✓ Available
🔧
Tool Usage
✓ Available
📄
OCR Support
✗ Not Available
📊
Batch API
✓ Available
⚡
Caching
✓ Available
90% savings

💰 Total Cost Calculation (from Plugin)

Base Cost (No Optimizations) $0.075000 (rounded ~ 0.08) Input: $0.037500 (rounded ~ 0.04)
Output: $0.037500 (rounded ~ 0.04)
Optimized Cost $0.064875 (rounded ~ 0.06) Input: $0.037500 (rounded ~ 0.04)
Output: $0.037500 (rounded ~ 0.04)
Unit: $0.000000
Fees: $0.000000
Total Savings $0.010125 13.5% discount

Advanced Cost Breakdown (from Plugin)

📊 Batch API
50.0% off
Asynchronous processing discount

Detailed Cost Analysis (from Plugin)

For 25,000 input tokens and 5,000 output tokens:

  • Input Cost: $0.037500 (rounded ~ 0.04)
  • Output Cost: $0.037500 (rounded ~ 0.04)
  • Total Cost: $0.064875 (rounded ~ 0.06)
  • Cost per 1K tokens: $0.002163 (rounded ~ 0.00)
  • Tokens per dollar: 462,428 tokens
  • Context Window: 1000000 tokens

Speed & Performance Analysis

With a processing speed of 550 tokens per second and 200ms time to first token:

  • Processing Time: 58.00 seconds
  • Latency: 200 milliseconds to first token
  • Base Throughput: 550 tokens/second
  • Effective Throughput: 514 tokens/second (temperature-adjusted)

Best Use Cases

Real-time X data analysis for PR and brand management.

✨ Market Recommendations AI Model Registry

← Back to Grok 5
📋 Active Input Parameters
Input Tokens: 25,000
Output Tokens: 5,000
Batch API: Enabled (50% discount)
Cached Tokens: 30%
Tools: Enabled
Rank AI Model & Provider Total Cost vs Grok 5 vs Grok 4.1
🏆 Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI
 $0.000831 Best Value ↓ 97.4% cheaper ↓ 98.7% cheaper
🥈 Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google
 $0.001913 (rounded ~ 0.00) ↓ 94.1% cheaper ↓ 97.1% cheaper
🥉 o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAI
 $0.009563 ↓ 70.5% cheaper ↓ 85.3% cheaper
#4 o4-mini
OpenAI
 $0.010519 ↓ 67.6% cheaper ↓ 83.8% cheaper
#5 Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI
 $0.016625 (rounded ~ 0.02) ↓ 48.7% cheaper ↓ 74.4% cheaper
#6 GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI
 $0.025484 (rounded ~ 0.03) ↓ 21.4% cheaper ↓ 60.7% cheaper
#7 Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google
 $0.048250 (rounded ~ 0.05) ↑ 48.7% more ↓ 25.6% cheaper
#8 GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAI
 $0.060313 ↑ 85.9% more ↓ 7% cheaper
#9 Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic
 $0.064313 (rounded ~ 0.06) ↑ 98.3% more ↓ 0.9% cheaper
#10 o3 Deep Research
OpenAI
 $0.095625 (rounded ~ 0.10) ↑ 194.8% more ↑ 47.4% more
#11 Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic
 $0.107188 (rounded ~ 0.11) ↑ 230.4% more ↑ 65.2% more
#12 o3 Pro
OpenAI
 $0.191250 (rounded ~ 0.19) ↑ 489.6% more ↑ 194.8% more
#13 GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI
 $0.305813 (rounded ~ 0.31) ↑ 842.8% more ↑ 371.4% more
#14 GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI
 $0.305813 (rounded ~ 0.31) ↑ 842.8% more ↑ 371.4% more
🏆

Mistral Small 3
Mistral AI

$0.000831
vs Grok 5: ↓ 97.4%
vs Grok 4.1: ↓ 98.7%
🥈

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Google

$0.001913 (rounded ~ 0.00)
vs Grok 5: ↓ 94.1%
vs Grok 4.1: ↓ 97.1%
🥉

o4-mini Deep Research
OpenAI

$0.009563
vs Grok 5: ↓ 70.5%
vs Grok 4.1: ↓ 85.3%
#4

o4-mini
OpenAI

$0.010519
vs Grok 5: ↓ 67.6%
vs Grok 4.1: ↓ 83.8%
#5

Mistral Large 3
Mistral AI

$0.016625 (rounded ~ 0.02)
vs Grok 5: ↓ 48.7%
vs Grok 4.1: ↓ 74.4%
#6

GPT-5.3 Codex Spark
OpenAI

$0.025484 (rounded ~ 0.03)
vs Grok 5: ↓ 21.4%
vs Grok 4.1: ↓ 60.7%
#7

Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google

$0.048250 (rounded ~ 0.05)
vs Grok 5: ↑ 48.7%
vs Grok 4.1: ↓ 25.6%
#8

GPT-5.4 Thinking
OpenAI

$0.060313
vs Grok 5: ↑ 85.9%
vs Grok 4.1: ↓ 7%
#9

Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic

$0.064313 (rounded ~ 0.06)
vs Grok 5: ↑ 98.3%
vs Grok 4.1: ↓ 0.9%
#10

o3 Deep Research
OpenAI

$0.095625 (rounded ~ 0.10)
vs Grok 5: ↑ 194.8%
vs Grok 4.1: ↑ 47.4%
#11

Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic

$0.107188 (rounded ~ 0.11)
vs Grok 5: ↑ 230.4%
vs Grok 4.1: ↑ 65.2%
#12

o3 Pro
OpenAI

$0.191250 (rounded ~ 0.19)
vs Grok 5: ↑ 489.6%
vs Grok 4.1: ↑ 194.8%
#13

GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI

$0.305813 (rounded ~ 0.31)
vs Grok 5: ↑ 842.8%
vs Grok 4.1: ↑ 371.4%
#14

GPT-5.2 Pro
OpenAI

$0.305813 (rounded ~ 0.31)
vs Grok 5: ↑ 842.8%
vs Grok 4.1: ↑ 371.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions

How accurate are these AI model cost calculations?
Our calculations are based on official pricing from each provider (Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, xAI, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Mistral) and are updated regularly. We account for all factors including multimodal inputs, caching discounts, batch API pricing, tool usage multipliers, OCR processing, audio minutes, silence fees, and research mode pricing. Note: Reseller markups and dedicated instance multipliers have been removed to reflect official provider pricing.
How does prompt caching work?
Caching discounts vary by provider: Google and OpenAI offer 90% discounts on cached input tokens. Anthropic uses write (1.25x) and read (0.10x) multipliers. Savings are applied to the token portion only, not unit-based fees.
How do Market Recommendations work (v8.6.0)?
Our recommendation engine scans the entire model registry and only includes models that support ALL your current input parameters (tokens, images, video, audio, OCR, tools, batch API, etc.). It calculates exact costs with your settings and sorts by price, showing you the best value options that can handle your complete workflow. Special pricing models (OCR, video, audio, image generation) are properly handled and only appear when their specific input types are requested. v8.6.0 removes reseller markups (20% buffer) and dedicated instance multipliers to reflect official provider pricing.
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