Grok 2 от xAI — передовая модель искусственного интеллекта с контекстным окном 131K токенов и стоимостью API $2/1M входящих и $10/1M исходящих токенов для программирования, аналитики и автоматизации.
Technical Specifications
- Provider
- xAI
- Category
- flagship
- Release Date
- 2024-08
- Batch API Discount
- 50% off async batch
- Consumer Subscription
- $20 / month
- Reasoning Effort Control
- Fixed
- Structured Outputs
- Yes
- Output Modalities
- text
- Official Documentation
- Visit Official Docs ↗
Data Privacy, Licensing & Deployment Governance
Official Provider Release Intelligence, API Quotas & Agentic Specs
- Official API Model ID (SDK String)
- grok-2-latest
- Supported SDK & API Protocol
- xAI REST API (OpenAI-Compatible)
- Lifecycle & Deprecation Status
- Legacy Stable (Upgrade path available in xAI lineup)
- Production Rate Limits (RPM & TPM)
- 5,000 – 15,000 RPM (Production Tier) · 800,000 – 2,000,000 TPM
- Long-Context Pricing Tier (>128K / >200K)
- Flat rate ($2/1M in) across full 131K window
- Prompt Cache Write & TTL Policy
- Cached input at $1/1M tokens
- Computer Use & Browser GUI Agent
- API / CLI Tool-Use & DOM Agent ready (no raw pixel desktop click loop)
- MCP & Parallel Tool Calling
- Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema
- Web Search Grounding & Code Sandbox
- Real-time Web & X (Twitter) Search Grounding + Code Execution
- Fine-Tuning & Distillation Support
- API Prompt Engineering & RAG Distillation
- Multimodal Tokenization Billing
- Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile)
- Weights Precision & Quantization
- Cloud-Hosted Proprietary (FP8 / BF16 Tensor Core Cluster)
- Minimum GPU VRAM Requirement
- Zero Local VRAM Required (100% Serverless Cloud API)
- Supported Inference Engines
- Managed xAI Cloud API
- System Card & Safety Framework
- xAI Production Safety & Alignment Verified
- Enterprise Compliance (SOC2 / HIPAA / ZDR)
- SOC2 Type II · GDPR · Zero Data Retention (ZDR) & HIPAA BAA Available on Enterprise Tier
Grok 2 Cost, Context, Hardware & API Integration
For single-user chat, a $20/mo subscription caps your bill below this API volume.
Break-even point: ~42 requests/day equals $20/month.
Same Monthly Workload Cost Across Popular Reference Models
Live Prompt Paste Tokenizer & Cost Counter
Paste real system instructions, JSON schemas, or code to measure BPE token counts across tokenizers.
Hybrid Prompt Routing Cascade Simulator
Route routine queries to a fast lightweight model ($0.15/1M) and escalate only complex reasoning turns to Grok 2:
Benchmark Scores & 6-Axis Capability Radar
- SWE-bench Verified
- 36.5%
- GPQA Diamond
- 56%
- MMLU-Pro
- 74.5%
- HumanEval
- 88.4%
- Chatbot Arena Elo
- 1295pts
Strengths
- Современная архитектура Frontier Multimodal Mixture-of-Experts от xAI с поддержкой до 131K токенов контекста
- Оптимальная стоимость использования ($2/1M вход, $10/1M выход) и высокая скорость генерации
- Высокие результаты в задачах написания кода, логического мышления и многоязычной обработки
Limitations & Trade-offs
- При работе с максимальным контекстом требуется контроль расхода токенов
- Для узкоспециализированных задач рекомендуется точная настройка системных промптов
Editorial Assessment
Grok 2 — надежная и эффективная модель от xAI, сочетающая высокое качество ответов и доступную цену.
Best for: Корпоративной автоматизации, разработки ПО, ИИ-агентов и продуктовых решений на базе xAI
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Frequently Asked Questions about Grok 2
How much does the Grok 2 API cost per 1M tokens?+
Grok 2 by xAI is priced at $2 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens. With prompt caching enabled, cached input tokens cost $1 per 1M tokens, and asynchronous Batch API requests receive a 50% discount.
Should I use a $20/month subscription or the Grok 2 pay-as-you-go API?+
A flat $20/month consumer subscription is predictable for daily interactive chat and manual coding. However, if you are building software, running automated workflows, or sending low-to-moderate volume with prompt caching enabled, the pay-as-you-go API is typically far more cost-effective and offers higher rate limits without manual UI caps.
How many words and pages fit in Grok 2's context window?+
Grok 2 features a 131K tokens context window, which equals approximately 98,304 English words or ~262 standard single-spaced pages in a single prompt. Its maximum output generation per turn is 8,192 tokens.
Can I run Grok 2 locally on my own GPU (Open Weights)?+
No, Grok 2 is a proprietary closed-weights model hosted by xAI. It cannot be downloaded for local GPU execution and must be accessed via xAI's official API or cloud platform.
Does xAI train on data sent to the Grok 2 API, and is commercial use allowed?+
API payloads are excluded from model training by default. License tier: Proprietary Commercial API (xAI Terms). Full commercial ownership of generated outputs. Supported deployment channels include: xAI Cloud API & Enterprise Endpoints.
How does Grok 2 perform on coding and reasoning benchmarks?+
Grok 2 achieves a composite Intelligence Index of 45/100, scoring 36.5% on SWE-bench Verified, 56% on GPQA Diamond, 74.5% on MMLU-Pro, and 1295 pts on Chatbot Arena Elo.
What is Grok 2 best used for?+
Grok 2 is best suited for: Корпоративной автоматизации, разработки ПО, ИИ-агентов и продуктовых решений на базе xAI. Assessment: Grok 2 — надежная и эффективная модель от xAI, сочетающая высокое качество ответов и доступную цену.
xAI Family Lineage, Routing Tiers & Upgrade Path
Step down to a lighter sibling for high-volume routing or step up to xAI's flagship reasoning tier:
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AI Glossary & Architecture Concepts
View full glossary →Key machine learning concepts and benchmarks relevant to Grok 2:
The basic unit of text that a language model processes, typically representing about 3 to 4 English characters or roughly 0.75 words. For example, the sentence "Artificial intelligence is fast" breaks down into about 5 tokens.
A standardized evaluation suite used to objectively measure and rank an AI model's capabilities across specific tasks — such as SWE-bench Verified for software engineering, AIME for competitive math, or MMLU for general knowledge.
The maximum number of tokens a model can consider at once — both the input it reads and the output it writes. A 1,000,000-token context window can hold roughly 750,000 English words in a single request.
The ability of a language model to recognize when an external capability is needed and output structured JSON arguments to invoke external APIs, databases, or terminal commands. The runtime executes the tool and passes results back to the model.
An open standard created by Anthropic that allows AI applications and agents to connect seamlessly to local filesystems, development environments, and third-party APIs via standardized server interfaces.
A cost and latency optimization where inference providers store pre-computed attention states for repeated prompt prefixes. Reusing cached tokens typically slashes API input costs by 50% to 90% and cuts TTFT substantially.
Benchmark scores, token prices, and rate limits evolve rapidly as AI labs release model updates. Always verify current specifications and pricing on the official provider documentation.
Официальные источники: xAI Official Documentation & API Pricing↗