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Grok 4.3

Available

Fast model with strong tool calling and instruction following.

Access details: xAI API

An alias. The provider can point it at a newer version.

grok-4.3
Updated Sep 23, 2026

Capabilities & limits

Context window
1M
Maximum output
Not published
Image input
Supported
Tool calling
Supported
Structured output
Supported

Pricing

USD / 1M tokens
Input
$1.25
Output
$2.50

Standard rates per million tokens. Discounts and long-context rates, where offered, are on xAI's pricing page.

Full rate card 6 rates

All prices in USD.

Short-context input

$1.25 USD per 1M tokens
  • prompt below 200k tokens

Short-context cache read

$0.20 USD per 1M tokens
  • prompt below 200k tokens
  • cache hit

Short-context output

$2.50 USD per 1M tokens
  • prompt below 200k tokens

Long-context input

$2.50 USD per 1M tokens
  • prompt at or above 200k tokens
  • rate applies to all tokens in request

Long-context cache read

$0.40 USD per 1M tokens
  • prompt at or above 200k tokens
  • rate applies to all tokens in request
  • cache hit

Long-context output

$5.00 USD per 1M tokens
  • prompt at or above 200k tokens
  • rate applies to all tokens in request

Standard global Text API rates. Batch API requests are billed at a 20% discount to standard rates. Priority Processing is billed at 2x standard rates.

Price history
Sep 13, 2026

Input $1.25 per million tokens

Sep 13, 2026

Output $2.50 per million tokens

Technical details

Parameters
Not published
Active parameters
Not published
Architecture
Not published
Training / knowledge cutoff
Not published
Input modalities
Text, image
Output modalities
Text

Release & lifecycle

First available
Apr 30, 2026
available
As of Sep 13, 2026

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Prices and availability as of October 20, 2026. xAI's own pages have the latest.