Models

Gemini 2.5 Flash Search vs Grok 4.5

Compare Gemini 2.5 Flash Search from Google and Grok 4.5 from Grok on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

GoogleGemini 2.5 Flash SearchGrokGrok 4.5
Google logo
Gemini 2.5 Flash Search
Google · text, image, audio, video → text

gemini-2.5-flash-search integrates Google's official search functionality; the search feature will have an additional separate fee log directly incorporated into the scoring, with detailed logs not displayed; this will be fixed and displayed later; only supports OpenAI-compatible formats for invocation, does not support Gemini SDK; for Gemini's native SDK, please set parameters directly using the official search parameters.

Input$0.3 /M
Output$2.499 /M
Cache read$0.03 /M
Grok logo
Grok 4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2 /M
Output$6 /M
Cache read$0.5 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Search
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$0.3
$2
Output /M
$2.499
$6
Cache read /M
$0.03
$0.5
Context length
1,048,576
500,000
Max output
65,536
500,000
Time to First Token
0.7 s
3.5 s
Throughput
54.6 tok/s
26.3 tok/s
Modalities
textimageaudiovideo
textimage
Supported Parameters
webtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
Released
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July 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
gemini-2.5-flash-searchgrok-4.5
13801420146015001540
Overall
14101471
Coding
14241523
Math
14061479
Hard prompts
14201495
Instruction following
14011466
Multi-turn
14041476
Creative writing
13971451
Longer query
14191487
Chinese
14441512
English
14121476
Vision
gemini-2.5-flash-searchgrok-4.5
11801220126013001340
Overall
12141282
OCR
12221294
Diagram
12341319
Homework
12381324

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Search
$55.49 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Gemini 2.5 Flash Search, Grok 4.5?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Search: $2.499/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; Gemini 2.5 Flash Search: 1424 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Search: 0.7s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Search accepts 1,048,576 and Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 65,536 tokens on Gemini 2.5 Flash Search and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Search at 54.6 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 26.3 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Search accepts text, image, audio and video input and supports web search, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; Grok 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.

Can I call Gemini 2.5 Flash Search and Grok 4.5 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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