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Grok 4.5 is a genuine surprise success. Not only is it now playing in the same league as Claude and OpenAI’s GPT, it is also significantly cheaper. More token-efficient, less expensive to use, and still delivering outstanding performance: With this triad, it is a true
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Grok 4.5: $2 in / $6 out
GPT 5.6: $5 in / $30 out
Opus 4.8: $5 in / $25 out Grok 4.5 seriously is freaking good price-performance wise. Opus 4.8 level, Sonnet 5 pricing
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An AI neolab is effectively a set of researchers that have decided to pool the gains from their breakthroughs, after giving a cut to their investors. A good model for all applied research, not just AI.
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Grok 4.5 Arrives and the Pricing War Changes Everything https://
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This is probably the most important point in the Grok 4.5 announcement : it's nearly Opus-4.8 level quality, for $6/Mtokens in output instead of $25/Mtokens Plus they also claim that it outputs 4x fewer tokens for that equivalent performance. Could become the go-to for tasks
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New Grok is changing the price expectations. Will that get you to build with it?
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Seriously, what?! Did NOT expect grok 4.5 to perform THAT well. On par with GPT-5.5, cheaper than opus 4.8. Cursor deal paid off
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It’s close! But Fable is very likely a much bigger model and that plays a huge part in how useful it is across the board. If $ are the most important thing, yeah, 5.6 has a place, but if your token budget is unlimited, Fable every time.
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Xiaomi now processes more AI tokens than OpenAI. On OpenRouter, Chinese models just crossed 45% of all token volume. Anthropic is at 15.3%. OpenAI is at 7.4%. For now, the frontier is American models, but the volume is Chinese models. Open source models are often good enough
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It has never been a better time to leave the paid intelligence tokens providers and self-host models yourself Applies to individuals Applies to businesses Applies to enterprises