xAI

Grok 4.3

xAI · Grok line · flagship

Released April 30, 2026Replaced by Grok 4.5

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

Where the Grok line stands

Grok 4.6 is the current model in this line. The card shows how long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.

xAI

Grok 4.6

xAI · Grok line · flagship
Mid-cycle28 of ~72 days into its usual cycle

A post-training step on Grok 4.5 that adds an xhigh reasoning-effort level; cached input pricing rose from $0.30 to $0.50 per million tokens.

Released Aug 12, 2026 · what changed →
Days since last release
Grok 4.6 · Aug 12, 2026
28
days
Usual gap
72
days
Recent gaps
Grok 4.6 · Aug 2026
35
Grok 4.5 · Jul 2026
69
Grok 4.3 · Apr 2026
72
Grok 4.20 · Feb 2026
92

Every Grok release

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  1. Aug 12, 2026Grok 4.6
  2. Jul 8, 2026Grok 4.5
  3. Apr 30, 2026Grok 4.3 · this page
  4. Feb 17, 2026Grok 4.20
  5. Nov 17, 2025Grok 4.1
  6. Jul 9, 2025Grok 4
  7. Feb 17, 2025Grok 3
  8. Aug 14, 2024Grok 2
  9. Mar 28, 2024Grok 1.5
  10. Nov 3, 2023Grok 1

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