Grok-4 vs Llama 5
Benchmarks, API Token Pricing, Context Window & Speed Comparison
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Compare Grok-4 by xAI against Llama 5 by Meta across real-world coding, reasoning, token economics, and latency.
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Grok-4
Colosse de frontière en temps réelde xAI de pointe multimodal raisonnement system entraîné sur le 100k+ H100/H200 Colossus cluster avec natif zero-latence X stream indexing.
$2.50 / 1M
$10.00 / 1M
1M tokens
76.5%
Llama 5
Auto-amélioration récursivede Meta phare ouvert modèle intégrant natif agent training, recursive self-improvement, et 5M token contexte.
$0.00 / 1M
$0.00 / 1M
5M tokens
74%
Différences Clés en un Coup d’Œil
- Llama 5 is 1.0x cheaper for API usage (input + output tokens combined).
- Llama 5 has a larger context window (5M vs 1M tokens).
- Grok-4 is faster at 125 tok/s vs 65 tok/s.
- Grok-4 leads on SWE-bench coding (76.5% vs 74.0%).
| Caractéristique | Grok-4 | Llama 5 |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Composite reasoning & knowledge score (0-100) | 92 | 94 |
Provider | xAI | Meta |
Input Price Cost per million input tokens | $2.50 / 1M | $0.00 / 1M |
Output Price Cost per million output tokens | $10.00 / 1M | $0.00 / 1M |
Blended Price Weighted 7:2:1 cache:input:output per 1M | $1.68 / 1M | $0.00 / 1M |
Context Window Maximum input + output tokens | 1M tokens~1,500 A4 pages of text | 5M tokens~7,500 A4 pages of text |
Max Output Tokens Per single request | 64K | 128K |
Throughput Speed Tokens generated per second | 125 tok/s | 65 tok/s |
SWE-bench Verified Real-world software engineering | 76.5% | 74% |
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level reasoning | 77.8% | 84% |
Cached Input Price Prompt caching discount per 1M tokens | $0.25 / 1M | $0.00 / 1M |
Qui gagne où ?
At-a-glance decision frameworkScores de Benchmarks Vérifiés
Official evaluation metrics verified by independent third-party research labs.
Industry benchmark evaluating real-world GitHub issue resolution and multi-file debugging.
Challenging questions created by domain experts to test complex PhD-level reasoning.
Hardened reasoning and academic knowledge benchmark with reduced lucky-guess probability.
Crowdsourced human preference evaluation based on blind, head-to-head model battles.
Extremely difficult, closed-ended questions spanning the frontier of human expert knowledge.
Autonomous multi-step tasks executed inside a real command-line terminal environment.
Research-grade coding problems drawn from real scientific and numerical workloads.
Contamination-free competitive programming problems collected continuously over time.
American Invitational Mathematics Examination — multi-step Olympiad-level reasoning.
Accuracy when reasoning over very large inputs that fill the model context window.
Tokens emitted per second during active generation streaming.
Latence et Temps de Réponse
Time to first token (TTFT) and estimated end-to-end response time for a typical 500-token response.
Simulateur Interactif de Coût de Tokens
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Grok-4 · Strengths & Key Advantages
- Zero-day knowledge synthèse via direct en direct X feed intégration
- ultra-faible latence inférence et élevé sortie débit (125 tps)
- Uninhibited conversationnel ton avec reduced d'entreprise guardrail refusal
- exceptionnel compétitif mathématiques et codage performances
Considerations & Trade-offs
- contexte récupération sur 800K tokens has minor périphérie-case variance
- moins spécialisé dans niche d'entreprise juridique documentation que Claude Opus
Llama 5 · Strengths & Key Advantages
- 5 millions token contexte avec natif multi-audio/vidéo compréhension
- Boucle d'entraînement à auto-amélioration récursive
- Completely à poids ouverts avec d'entreprise commercial license
Considerations & Trade-offs
- complexe MoE hébergement requirements
- Les modifications du tokeniseur 4B nécessitent la mise à jour des environnements d'ajustement existants
Token Use & Task Economics
Estimated cost and token consumption to complete one representative agentic task.
| Metric | Grok-4 | Llama 5 |
|---|---|---|
Cost per Task Estimated USD to finish one task | $1.65 | $0.00 |
Output Tokens / Task Tokens generated per task | 48K | 40K |
Reasoning Tokens / Task Thinking tokens burned per task | 24K | 20K |
Spécifications Techniques
Architecture, release timeline, capabilities, and modalities.
| Caractéristique | Grok-4 | Llama 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Official API Model ID (SDK) | grok-4-latest | meta-llama/Llama-5 |
| API Protocol | xAI REST API (OpenAI-Compatible) | OpenAI-Compatible REST / vLLM / SGLang / HuggingFace TGI |
| Release Date | 2026-07 | 2026-04 |
| Knowledge Cutoff | Real-time (Up to October 2026) | January 2026 |
| Architecture | Colossus-Scale Dense Mixture-of-Experts | Mixture-of-Experts with recursive self-improvement (~600B total, 40-80B active) |
| Parameters | Confidential | 600B+ total (~40-80B active) |
| Enterprise Rate Limits (RPM / TPM) | 5,000 – 15,000 RPM (Production Tier) · 4,000,000 – 10,000,000 TPM | Unlimited (Hardware-bound on self-hosted GPU) / 10,000 RPM Cloud · Unlimited local throughput / 10M+ TPM Managed Cloud |
| Long-Context Tier (>128K/200K) | Flat rate ($2.5/1M in) across full 1000K window | Free across full context window (only KV-cache VRAM scales) |
| Prompt Cache Policy & TTL | Cached input at $0.25/1M tokens | Automatic prefix KV-caching in vLLM / SGLang (0 cost) |
| Computer Use / GUI Agent | Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops) | Supported (Screen coordinate grounding, browser & desktop GUI action loops) |
| MCP & Parallel Tool Calling | Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema | Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema |
| Web Search Grounding & Sandbox | Real-time Web & X (Twitter) Search Grounding + Code Execution | Supported via external Tavily/Exa Search & E2B/Docker Sandbox tools |
| Official Fine-Tuning Support | API Prompt Engineering & RAG Distillation | Full Weights SFT, LoRA, QLoRA, DPO & GRPO RL (Unsloth / Axolotl / Llama-Factory) |
| Multimodal Token Billing | Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile) | Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile) · Audio (~25–32 tokens/sec) · Video (~258–300 tokens/sec) |
| Quantization & Min GPU VRAM | Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster) · Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API) | BF16 / FP16, FP8 Dynamic, INT4 AWQ / GPTQ, GGUF (Q4_K_M / Q8_0) · 372 GB VRAM (4-bit Quantized) · 1290 GB VRAM (Native BF16) |
| Safety & Frontier Classification | xAI Production Safety & Alignment Verified | Open-Weights System Card + Customizable Guardrail Layer (Llama Guard / ShieldGemma) |
| Enterprise Compliance (ZDR/HIPAA/SOC2) | SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier | 100% Air-Gapped On-Premises / Private VPC · Full HIPAA, GDPR & SOC2 Control |
| Input Modalities | text, vision | text, vision, video, audio |
| Output Modalities | text | text |
Grok-4 vs Llama 5: Réponses Rapides (FAQ)
Which is more intelligent, Grok-4 or Llama 5?
Llama 5 is more intelligent. It scores 94 compared with 92 on the composite Intelligence Index.
Which model is faster?
Grok-4 is faster, generating 125 tokens per second compared with 65 tokens per second.
Which model is cheaper to run?
Llama 5 is cheaper at $0.00 per 1M tokens blended, compared with $1.68 (7:2:1 cache:input:output ratio).
Which model has lower latency?
Grok-4 has lower latency, with a time to first token of 0.68s compared with 0.85s.
Which model has a larger context window?
Llama 5 has a larger context window, supporting 5M tokens compared with 1M tokens.
Verdict
Choose Grok-4 for breaking news analyse, en temps réel market sentiment, codage, et rapide multimodal raisonnement, or choose Llama 5 for autonome open source multi-agent systems, profond logiciel refactorisation, et de pointe recherche.
Questions fréquentes
Which is cheaper: Grok-4 or Llama 5?+
Grok-4 costs $2.5/1M input and $10/1M output tokens, while Llama 5 costs $0/1M input and $0/1M output tokens.
Which model has a larger context window: Grok-4 or Llama 5?+
Grok-4 supports 1M tokens whereas Llama 5 supports 5M tokens.
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