What changed
xAI's update to Grok 4.20: it can now hold a whole book of text at once, watch video, and costs 40% less for the text you send in — with a few points higher on a broad skills test.
Compared with Grok 4.20 · the model it replaces
Can hold a whole book in mind at once
Context window — how much text it can read in one go
1M tokens
✦ new in Grok 4.3
Can now watch video, not just read text and see images
Video input — understanding moving footage directly
native
✦ new in Grok 4.3
Costs 40% less for the text you send it
Input price — what developers pay for the text they send in
40% cheaper
▲ vs Grok 4.20 · input only
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