Grok 4.5 vs DeepSeek-V4-Pro

xAI's Grok 4.5 and DeepSeek's DeepSeek-V4-Pro compared on specs, pricing, and capabilities — as configured in AI Crucible ensembles.

DeepSeek-V4-Pro input tokens are 4.6x cheaper than Grok 4.5 ($0.52 vs $2.40 per 1M tokens).
DeepSeek-V4-Pro output tokens are 6.9x cheaper than Grok 4.5 ($1.04 vs $7.20 per 1M tokens).
DeepSeek-V4-Pro offers the larger context window: 1M tokens vs 500K tokens for Grok 4.5.
Grok 4.5 accepts image inputs; DeepSeek-V4-Pro is text-only in AI Crucible.

Specification	Grok 4.5	DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Provider	xAI	DeepSeek
API model ID	grok-4.5	deepseek-v4-pro
Description	xAI's most intelligent and fastest Grok model, built for coding and agentic work.	DeepSeek's most capable V4 model with dual thinking/non-thinking modes and 1M context.
Context window	500K tokens	1M tokens
Max output tokens	32,768	8,192
Input cost ($/1M tokens)	$2.40	$0.52
Output cost ($/1M tokens)	$7.20	$1.04
Cache read cost ($/1M tokens)	$0.60	$0.00
Latency	medium	medium
Reasoning model	Yes	Yes
Vision (image input)	Yes	No
Tool use	Yes	Yes