xAIReleased on Aug 28, 2025

Grok 4 Fast: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

Grok 4 Fast is a language model from xAI, released in August 2025, with multimodal input.

Grok 4 Fast is a high-speed variant of Grok-4, optimized for faster inference while maintaining strong reasoning capabilities. It offers improved throughput and lower latency compared to the standard Grok-4 model.

Input
TextImage
Output
Text

Grok 4 Fast benchmarks

Rankings

Quality Tracker

Grok 4 Fast Performance Across Datasets

Scores sourced from the model's scorecard, paper, or official blog posts

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Grok 4 Fast pricing

Providers

Grok 4 Fast starts at $0.200 per million input tokens and $0.500 per million output tokens via xAI.

ProviderInput $/MOutput $/MContext in / outTTFT p50 / p95 sOutput avg / p5 c/sSuccess 7dModalities in / out
xAI logoxAI
$0.200$0.5002.0M/30.0K
0.94/1.13
248/23
100.00%(17)
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Cached input is the discounted price for prompt tokens served from a provider cache. TTFT is time to first token. Output is characters per second; p5 is the sustained floor exceeded by 95% of observed requests. Success is calculated from completed versus failed requests over the trailing seven days.

Grok 4 Fast context window

Input and output token limits for Grok 4 Fast, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.

InputOutput
2Mtokens
30Ktokens
3.0k pages of text
2M
8K128K1M

Grok 4 Fast API

Available from the model provider

Grok 4 Fast has an official provider API. It is not currently routed through the LLM Stats gateway.

Read the official API documentation

Grok 4 Fast latency

Grok 4 Fast time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

Provider operational metrics

Time to first token, output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic

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Grok 4 Fast examples

Recent arena outputs from Grok 4 Fast, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

Grok 4 Fast license

Grok 4 Fast is a proprietary model available under its provider's product and API terms.

License
Proprietary
Hosted access

Proprietary license - usage restrictions apply

Grok 4 Fast resources

Official sources for Grok 4 Fast: api documentation, paper or system card.

Grok 4 Fast vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to Grok 4 Fast are Grok-3 Mini, LongCat-Flash-Thinking, Grok-4 Heavy. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.

Models like Grok 4 Fast

Models ranked just above and below Grok 4 Fast by LLM Stats score.

 

Grok-3 Mini

Score pending
 

LongCat-Flash-Thinking

Score pending
 

Grok-4 Heavy

Score pending
 

Nova 2 Omni

Score pending
 

GPT-5

Score pending
 

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507

Score pending

FAQ

Common questions about Grok 4 Fast.

When was Grok 4 Fast released?

Grok 4 Fast was released on August 28, 2025 by xAI. This is the official Grok 4 Fast release date tracked on LLM Stats.

How much does Grok 4 Fast cost?

Grok 4 Fast pricing starts at $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens via xAI, the lowest price among tracked providers.

Is Grok 4 Fast available via API?

Yes, Grok 4 Fast is available via API. See the official documentation for authentication and endpoint details. It is served by 1 provider tracked on LLM Stats.

Who created Grok 4 Fast?

Grok 4 Fast was created by xAI.

What is the license for Grok 4 Fast?

Grok 4 Fast is released under the Proprietary license.

Is Grok 4 Fast multimodal?

Yes, Grok 4 Fast is multimodal and can accept both text and images as input.

What is Grok 4 Fast latency?

Grok 4 Fast p95 time to first token is 1.13 seconds via xAI over the trailing 7 days. Lower time to first token means the model begins responding sooner for chat, agents and API workloads.

Where can I use Grok 4 Fast?

Grok 4 Fast is available through 1 provider including xAI.

Where is the Grok 4 Fast paper or technical report?

Grok 4 Fast has a paper or technical report available at https://data.x.ai/2025-08-26-grok-code-fast-1-model-card.pdf. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare Grok 4 Fast against?

Common Grok 4 Fast comparisons include Grok 4 Fast vs Grok-3 Mini, Grok 4 Fast vs LongCat-Flash-Thinking, Grok 4 Fast vs Grok-4 Heavy. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.