Grok 2 — xAI | Modeldex

Grok 2

Deprecated

Previous generation Grok model, superseded by Grok 3.

Updated 5 days agoStructured data from Modeldex catalog

VisionAgentic

Not enough benchmark coverage yet for an Intelligence Index — needs at least 3 results across 2 categories.

Overview

Grok 2 was xAI's flagship model before the release of Grok 3. It supported multimodal inputs and real-time web search.

History

Grok 2 was released on 2024-08-13. This model is marked as deprecated and may be retired in the future.

Training & availability

xAI has not released the underlying model weights — access is via their hosted API only.

Capabilities

Context window: 131K tokens.
Max output: 8K tokens.
Input modalities: text, image.

Recommended for: vision, agentic.

Pricing

Input: $2.0000 per 1M tokens
Output: $10.0000 per 1M tokens

Use the cost calculator above to estimate monthly spend for your workload.

Quick start

Minimal example using the OpenRouter API. Copy, paste, replace the key.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
    api_key="sk-or-...",
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="xai/grok-2",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum computing in one sentence."}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill. Presets are typical workload sizes.

Input tokens / month5.0M

@ $2/1M

Output tokens / month2.0M

@ $10/1M

Input cost

$10

5.0M × $2/1M

Output cost

$20

2.0M × $10/1M

Total / month

$30

$360 / year

Integrations & tooling support

Tool calling: Supported
Structured outputs: Not supported

Price vs quality

Mid-tier pricing

Standard pricing band. Quality tier pending more benchmark coverage.

Quality percentile: —
Effective price: $8/1M
Pricing breakdown: $2/1M in
$10/1M out

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