Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Grok 4.5: Pricing Comparison
Compare pricing, capabilities, and costs for your LLM workloads.
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Pricing (per 1M tokens)
Input$1.50
Output$7.50
Cached Input$0.1500
Batch Input$0.7500
Batch Output$3.75
Context & Output
Context Window1M tokens
Max Output65.5K tokens
Capabilities
Categorymid
Multimodaltext + image + audio
Fine-tuningNo
StreamingYes
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Grok 4.5
Pricing (per 1M tokens)
Input$2.00
Output$6.00
Cached Input$0.3000
Context & Output
Context Window500K tokens
Max Output32.8K tokens
Capabilities
Categoryflagship
Multimodaltext + image
Fine-tuningNo
StreamingYes
Quick Verdict
Cheaper Input Price
Gemini 3.6 Flash
25.0% cheaper
Cheaper Output Price
Grok 4.5
20.0% cheaper
Larger Context Window
Gemini 3.6 Flash
+500K tokens
Cost Comparison
Sample workload: 1,000,000 input tokens + 1,000,000 output tokens
Gemini 3.6 Flash
$9.00
$1.50/1M input + $7.50/1M output
Grok 4.5
$8.00
$2.00/1M input + $6.00/1M output
Grok 4.5 is 11.1% cheaper for this workload.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Grok 4.5?
For input tokens, Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $1.50 per 1M tokens. For output tokens, Grok 4.5 is cheaper at $6.00 per 1M tokens. The overall cost depends on your workload's input/output ratio.
What is the context window size of Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Grok 4.5?
Gemini 3.6 Flash has a context window of 1M tokens, while Grok 4.5 has 500K tokens. Gemini 3.6 Flash supports a larger context window of 1M tokens, which is beneficial for processing longer documents.
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