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Grok 4.5 vs o3

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xAIGrok 4.5

xAI's Opus-class flagship for frontier coding, agentic tool use, and knowledge work.

89500K ctx$2.00/$6.00 per M#6/92
OpenAIo3

OpenAI's most powerful reasoning model — top across math, coding, and science.

79200K ctx$2.00/$8.00 per M#27/92
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Benchmarks
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xAIGrok 4.5
Reasoning
CI 86.2-90.3
CodingInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch ECI·Epoch AI·Provider·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
SmarterCheaper
Capability
CapabilityECI88.5
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science93.4%Expert-Level—Factual Recall53.5%
Math
Math Problems—Competition Math97.8%Research Math—
Coding
Real-World Coding—Code Editing—
Agentic
Terminal Tasks83.3%Novel Reasoning—Task Horizon—
OpenAIo3
Reasoning
AgenticInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch ECI·Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Capability
CapabilityECI79.2
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science81.8%Expert-Level20.3%Factual Recall53.0%
Math
Math Problems97.8%Competition Math83.9%Research Math18.7%
Coding
Real-World Coding62.3%Code Editing81.3%
Agentic
Terminal Tasks—Novel Reasoning6.5%Task Horizon1.5h
Specs
xAIGrok 4.5
500K
Context
16K
Max output
Jul 2026
Released
OpenAIo3
200K
Context
100K
Max output
Apr 2025
Released
Capabilities
xAIGrok 4.5
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
OpenAIo3
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Pricing
xAIGrok 4.5
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$2.00/M tokens
Output$6.00/M tokens
Cache read$0.50/M tokens
Web search$0.005/search
OpenAIo3
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$2.00/M tokens
Output$8.00/M tokens
Cache read$0.50/M tokens
Web search$0.01/search
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Frequently Asked Questions: Grok 4.5 vs o3▼

Which is better, Grok 4.5 or o3?

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Based on the Capability Index, Grok 4.5 scores higher (88.5 vs 79.2). However, "better" depends on your use case — pricing, speed, context window, and specific capability needs all matter.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.5 or o3?

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Grok 4.5 has a lower blended cost. Grok 4.5: $2.00 input / $6.00 output. o3: $2.00 input / $8.00 output.

Which has a larger context window, Grok 4.5 or o3?

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Grok 4.5 has a larger context window: Grok 4.5 supports 500K tokens vs o3 at 200K tokens.

Do both Grok 4.5 and o3 support vision?

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Yes, both Grok 4.5 and o3 support vision/image input.

What are the key differences between Grok 4.5 and o3?

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Key differences: Grok 4.5 has a notably higher capability index (9.3 point gap). Compare full specs on this page.

Which model should I choose for my use case?

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If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Grok 4.5 and o3 for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.

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