Grok and more
xAI
from $0.275 / 1M
9 models · typical $1.56 · top 94.0% GPQA, high reasoning
Developer head to head · prices updated Oct 31, 2026
xAI vs Google
Grok vs Gemini: every model's API price, compared
Google starts cheaper ($0.05 vs $0.275 per 1M tokens); Google's typical model costs less ($1.50 vs $1.56); Google has the more accurate top model (96.4% vs 94.0% GPQA).
Gemini and more
from $0.05 / 1M
27 models · typical $1.50 · top 96.4% GPQA, high reasoning
- Cheaper entry modelGoogle
- More accurate top modelGoogle
- Cheaper 85%+ GPQA modelGoogle
- More modelsGoogle
The matchups that matter
| xAI | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest model | Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning) $0.275 via Google Cloud Vertex AI | Gemma 3 4B IT $0.05 via Amazon Bedrock · 23.2% GPQA |
| Most accurate (GPQA) | Grok 4.6 $3.00 via xAI · 94.0% GPQA, high reasoning | Gemini 4 Argon $4.00 via Google Gemini API · 96.4% GPQA, high reasoning |
| Cheapest with 85%+ GPQA | Grok 4.3 $1.56 via xAI · 88.8% GPQA, high reasoning | Gemini 3 Flash Preview $1.13 via Google Gemini API · 89.4% GPQA, high reasoning |
| Typical model price | $1.56 | $1.50 |
| Models we track | 9 | 27 |
Flagships: Grok 4.6 vs Gemini 4 ArgonCheapest: Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning) vs Gemma 3 4B ITGrok 4.7 vs Gemini 4 Argon
Blended list price per 1M tokens (3 input : 1 output) at each model's cheapest provider; only models at least two providers sell. GPQA Diamond by Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), best measured reasoning setting.
Every model, cheapest first
xAI
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning)$0.275 via Google Cloud Vertex AI
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)$0.275 via Google Cloud Vertex AI
- grok-code-fast-1$0.525 via Microsoft Azure AI Foundry
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)$1.56 via xAI
- Grok 4.20 (Reasoning)$1.56 via xAI
- Grok 4.388.8% GPQA, high reasoning$1.56 via xAI
- Grok 4.694.0% GPQA, high reasoning$3.00 via xAI
- Grok 4.792.7% GPQA, xhigh reasoning$3.00 via xAI
- grok-4$6.00 via Microsoft Azure AI Foundry
- Gemma 3 4B IT23.2% GPQA$0.05 via Amazon Bedrock
- Gemma 3 12B IT39.5% GPQA$0.0625 via Novita AI
- Gemma-3-27b-it47.7% GPQA$0.10 via DeepInfra
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite$0.1313 via Oracle Cloud Generative AI
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT73.2% GPQA, minimal reasoning$0.1375 via DeepInfra
- Gemma 4 31B IT75.8% GPQA, minimal reasoning$0.16 via W&B Inference (CoreWeave)
- Gemma 4 31B IT$0.205 via Amazon Bedrock
- Gemini 2.5 Flash$0.2625 via Oracle Cloud Generative AI
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite81.8% GPQA, high reasoning$0.5625 via Google Gemini API
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite83.3% GPQA, high reasoning$0.85 via Google Gemini API
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview89.4% GPQA, high reasoning$1.13 via Google Gemini API
- Gemini 3.6 Flash94.1% GPQA, high reasoning$1.50 via Google Gemini API
Questions people ask
Is xAI cheaper than Google?
No at the cheap end: Google's cheapest model, Gemma 3 4B IT, starts at $0.05 per 1M tokens, against $0.275 for xAI's Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning). The typical (median) model costs $1.56 at xAI and $1.50 at Google.
Which has the more accurate model, xAI or Google?
xAI's most accurate model we track, Grok 4.6, scores 94.0% GPQA, high reasoning (GPQA Diamond, Epoch AI) for $3.00 per 1M tokens; Google's Gemini 4 Argon scores 96.4% GPQA, high reasoning for $4.00.
How many xAI and Google models can I buy through APIs?
We track 9 xAI and 27 Google models that at least two providers sell, with prices from each provider's pricing page.