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xAI Grok 4.6

Built by xAI · US · United States · First tracked 13 Aug 2026 · Pricing verified 20 Aug 2026
#28Global rank
0.62%Routed share
▲ 26places upThis week
2 weeks rankedStreak
#28Peak rank
PremiumPrice position
Model economics
Input
$2.00
/ 1M tokens
Output
$6.00
/ 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.50
/ 1M tokens
Free tier
on OpenRouter
Context window
500K
tokens
Weights
Proprietary
license basis

Live per-token pricing via OpenRouter, verified 20 Aug 2026. Batch and long-context tiers are not published in the feed, so they are omitted rather than estimated.

What would it cost you?
Estimated monthly cost
$0
Input (uncached)$0
Cached input$0
Output$0
$0 per completed task

An estimate from published per-token pricing and your assumptions. Actual costs vary by provider and usage tier.

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Same workload as the calculator above, at each model's current price. Monthly USD.

Price and adoption

Routed-token share over time. A price line joins it as real changes are recorded.

0%1%2% 0.62% 13 Aug 2026: 0.09%20 Aug 2026: 0.62% 13 Aug20 Aug
All 2 tracked weeks · 13 Aug to 20 Aug. Longer periods open as the record grows.
Price-to-adoption position
Premium leader

Premium · adoption rising. Observed relationship, not proof of causation.

Speed & reliability
96.74%Availability (30d)
3.26%Error / downtime

Median provider uptime across OpenRouter endpoints, last 30 days. Latency and throughput are not published by the source and are not estimated here.

Capabilities
Context window500K
Reasoning Supported
Tool calling Supported
Structured output Supported
Image input Supported
Audio input Not supported
Video input Not supported
Open weights Proprietary
API availability Yes
Commercial licenseVerify terms with the provider
At a glance
Observed by yellow3
Current rank
#28
Peak rank
#28
Routed share
0.62%
Peak share
0.62%
Weeks ranked
2
First tracked
13 Aug 2026
Region of origin
US · United States
Model facts
Provider
xAI
Model family
Not publicly disclosed
Release date
Not publicly disclosed
Type
Multimodal (text + image)
Modalities
text, image, file
Context window
500K tokens
Weights
Proprietary
License
Not publicly disclosed
Why it is moving
Observed data

In the week ending 20 Aug 2026, xAI Grok 4.6 rose 26 places to #28 with 0.62% of routed tokens and a peak rank of #28.

yellow3 analysis

A sourced weekly interpretation of what is driving this model's routing is added as the record accumulates. yellow3 does not publish a reason for movement unless the routed-traffic data or a cited source supports it.

Rank history
Week endingRankRouted shareΔ shareMovementRegion rankStatus
20 Aug 2026#280.62%+0.53▲ 26places up#16ranked
13 Aug 2026#540.09%NEW#35NEW
Price history
DateInput / 1MOutput / 1MChangeSource
19 Aug 2026$2.00$6.00OpenRouter listed price

Price history begins when yellow3 started tracking this model and accrues one point per change from here. Only real, observed price changes are recorded.

Milestones
  • 13 Aug 2026First trackedDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 20 Aug 2026Peak routed share 0.62%Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 20 Aug 2026Biggest weekly rise +26 placesDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
Sources & methodology

Region reflects where the model's developer is headquartered. Figures are OpenRouter routing traffic, aggregated over a trailing seven days - developer routing behaviour, not the whole market.

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