xAI: Grok 4.5 vs Sonoma Dusk Alpha
Compare xAI: Grok 4.5 by xAI against Sonoma Dusk Alpha by OpenRouter, context windows of 500K vs 2.0M, tested across 34 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4.5
Sonoma Dusk Alpha
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
xAI: Grok 4.5
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Sonoma Dusk Alpha
Input
$0.000
Output
$0.000
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
63%
xAI: Grok 4.5 uses 9.0x more emoji
xAI: Grok 4.5
Sonoma Dusk Alpha
61%Vocabulary65%
16wSentence Length15w
0.23Hedging0.54
2.5Bold1.2
2.4Lists2.1
0.09Emoji0.00
0.48Headings1.44
0.06Transitions0.33
Based on 27 + 14 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
FAQ
