Alternatives

What are the alternatives to Grok 4.5?

Grok 4.5 ranks 42 of 94 in the overall index and costs $3 per million tokens.

Muse Ember 1.0: Ahead in the overall index (110.4 vs. 94.8) and cheaper ($0.20 vs. $3 per million tokens).

MiMo V2.6 Flash: Level in the overall index (97.3 vs. 94.8) but cheaper: $0.18 instead of $3 per million tokens.

The alternatives by reason

Every card names the values it rests on. A model appears only once.

Stronger, not much pricier
Muse Ember 1.0
Ahead in the overall index (110.4 vs. 94.8) and cheaper ($0.20 vs. $3 per million tokens).
Overall index
110.4
Price (3:1)
$0.20
Speed
n/a
Rank 14 · Middle group
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Similar strength, cheaper
MiMo V2.6 Flash
Level in the overall index (97.3 vs. 94.8) but cheaper: $0.18 instead of $3 per million tokens.
Overall index
97.3
Price (3:1)
$0.18
Speed
38
Rank 38 · Middle group
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With open weights
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
The best model with open weights, stronger: 106.7 vs. 94.8 in the overall index.
Overall index
106.7
Price (3:1)
$0.26
Speed
126
Rank 20 · Middle group
Head to head: Grok 4.5 vs. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Open the profile
Similar strength, faster
GPT-5.6 Luna
Level in the overall index (93.8 vs. 94.8) and faster: 123 instead of 52 tokens per second.
Overall index
93.8
Price (3:1)
$0.45
Speed
123
Rank 44 · Middle group
Head to head: Grok 4.5 vs. GPT-5.6 Luna Open the profile
The successor
Grok 4.6
The successor to Grok 4.5. Overall index 102.1 vs. 94.8.
Overall index
102.1
Price (3:1)
$3
Speed
58
Rank 24 · Middle group
Head to head: Grok 4.5 vs. Grok 4.6 Open the profile

The nearest generally available models by overall index, with rank, price and speed. Models with limited access and retired models are left out.

Rank	Model	Overall index	Price (3:1)	Speed
37	Muse Spark Open	97.5	n/a	n/a
38	MiMo V2.6 Flash	97.3	$0.18	38
39	Step 5 Preview	97.1	$1.43	65
40	GPT-6 Luna	95.8	$0.20	77
41	Claude Opus 4.7	95.1	$10	57
42	Grok 4.5this model	94.8	$3	52
43	GLM-5.3-Flash	94.3	$0.24	101
44	GPT-5.6 Luna	93.8	$0.45	123

Price in dollars per million tokens, mixed from 3 parts input and 1 part output. Speed in tokens per second.