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Real data comparison

Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch) vs SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5

On quality, SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5 leads (55.8 vs 52). On price, SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5 is cheaper ($3.00 vs $3.38 per 1M). In real production usage, SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5 is used more (rank #30 vs #37 of 291).

  • Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)
  • SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5
Quality (Intelligence Index)52 / 55.8
Price ($/1M blended)$3.38 / $3.00
Average usage share0.54% / 0.65%
Coding index70.1 / 72.4
Agentic index39.7 / 48.9
Context window1,048,576 / 500,000
Quality per dollar15.4 pts/$ / 18.6 pts/$

Usage share over time

1.39%1.04%0.70%0.35%0.00%Share of usageJul 5Jul 22Aug 8
  • Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch)
  • SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5

Frequently asked questions

Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch) vs SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5: which is better quality?

SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5 scores higher on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index (55.8 vs 52).

Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch) vs SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5: which is cheaper?

SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5 is cheaper at $3.00/1M vs $3.38/1M.

Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (batch) vs SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5: which is used more?

SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5 has higher real OpenRouter usage share (rank #30 vs #37 of 291).

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of August 9, 2026.

Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).

Methodology: smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.