NOT DEPRECATED
Listed by litellm, openrouter. No retirement date announced. Neither the provider's API nor its documentation has been checked for this model. Sources disagree on: max_output_tokens.
state=alive sunset=none days_remaining=n/a severity=low sources=litellm,openrouter evidence_tier=catalog confirmed_by_endpoint=false documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=yes divergent_fields=max_output_tokens checked=2026-09-30 15:40Z
xai/grok-4.6
Vendor: xai. Tracked by 2 of 5 sources.
What each source reports
| Source | ID | Context | Max out | In $/Mtok | Out $/Mtok | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| litellm | aihubmix/grok-4.6 | 500,000 | 500,000 | $2 | $6 | — |
| openrouter | x-ai/grok-4.6 | 500,000 | 450,000 | $2 | $6 | — |
Change history
| Severity | Change | What | Detected |
|---|---|---|---|
| info | repriced | azure_ai/grok-4.6: input_price_per_mtok $2.00/Mtok to $1.25/Mtok | 2026-09-27 |
| low | modified | openrouter/x-ai/grok-4.6: capabilities gained web_search | 2026-09-19 |
| high | modified | openrouter/x-ai/grok-4.6: max_output_tokens cut 500,000 to 450,000 | 2026-09-18 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 4 providers changed identically on the same day] vertex_ai/xai/grok-4.6: capabilities gained prompt_caching | 2026-09-17 |
| low | added | new model aihubmix/grok-4.6 (500,000 ctx) | 2026-09-16 |
| low | added | new model vertex_ai/xai/grok-4.6 (524,288 ctx) | 2026-09-10 |
| low | added | new model azure_ai/grok-4.6 (200,000 ctx) | 2026-09-06 |
| low | added | new model openrouter/x-ai/grok-4.6 (500,000 ctx) | 2026-09-06 |
| high | modified | global.xai.grok-4.6: capabilities lost prompt_caching | 2026-08-30 |
| high | modified | us.xai.grok-4.6: capabilities lost prompt_caching | 2026-08-30 |
| low | modified | x-ai/grok-4.6: capabilities gained stop, top_k | 2026-08-25 |
| low | added | new model global.xai.grok-4.6 (500,000 ctx) | 2026-08-21 |
| low | added | new model us.xai.grok-4.6 (500,000 ctx) | 2026-08-21 |
| high | modified | x-ai/grok-4.6: capabilities lost frequency_penalty, presence_penalty, stop | 2026-08-18 |
| low | added | new model xai/grok-4.6 (500,000 ctx) | 2026-08-16 |
| low | added | new model x-ai/grok-4.6 (500,000 ctx) | 2026-08-12 |