Gemini 4 Hydrogen vs Grok 4.6
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Data updated on November 14, 2026· 230 models
Gemini 4 Hydrogen is the high-efficiency workhorse model of the Gemini 4 family from Google, built for high-throughput agentic workflows, coding and multi-model routing at lower cost and latency than...
- Reasoning estimated
- Speed estimated
- ▲
- Input
- Output
- Context
- ▲1 M tokens
- Max output
- ▲944 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$1.50
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- $7.50
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.075
- Batch (input / output)
- $0.750 / $3.75
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- ▲11/12/2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2026-03
- API id
- google/gemini-4-hydrogen
Grok 4.6 is a model from SpaceXAI with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM.
- Reasoning estimated
- ▲
- Speed estimated
- Input
- Output
- Context
- 500 K tokens
- Max output
- 450 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- $2.00
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$6.00
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.500
- Batch (input / output)
- $1.60 / $4.80
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- 08/12/2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2026-02-01
- API id
- x-ai/grok-4.6
Which is the better API choice: Gemini 4 Hydrogen vs Grok 4.6?
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen: cheapest input (25% less than Grok 4.6)
- Grok 4.6: cheapest output
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen: largest context (1 M)
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen: the newest (11/12/2026)
- Grok 4.6: most reasoning (estimated)
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen: the fastest (estimated)
Pricing is split: Gemini 4 Hydrogen wins on input and Grok 4.6 wins on output. Gemini 4 Hydrogen accepts more context (1 M). On capabilities, only Gemini 4 Hydrogen accepts audio. Gemini 4 Hydrogen and Grok 4.6 offer a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.
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With Gemini 4 Hydrogen you save $1.50 a month versus Grok 4.6 (3% less).
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Which is the better API choice: Gemini 4 Hydrogen vs Grok 4.6?
Pricing is split: Gemini 4 Hydrogen wins on input and Grok 4.6 wins on output. Gemini 4 Hydrogen accepts more context (1 M). On capabilities, only Gemini 4 Hydrogen accepts audio. Gemini 4 Hydrogen and Grok 4.6 offer a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.
Which is cheaper: Gemini 4 Hydrogen and Grok 4.6?
Gemini 4 Hydrogen is cheaper: $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens, versus $2.00 / $6.00 for Grok 4.6.
Which has more context: Gemini 4 Hydrogen and Grok 4.6?
Gemini 4 Hydrogen accepts 1 M tokens of context; Grok 4.6 accepts 500 K.
Which is newer: Gemini 4 Hydrogen and Grok 4.6?
Gemini 4 Hydrogen was released on 11/12/2026; Grok 4.6 on 08/12/2026.
What would 10,000 requests a month cost with Gemini 4 Hydrogen and Grok 4.6?
With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: Gemini 4 Hydrogen: $52.50; Grok 4.6: $54.00 a month, at list price.
Where do the prices come from and how often are they updated?
From the public catalogs of OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM, which publish each provider's list prices. They sync once a day and the last update date is shown above the comparison.
What does price per million tokens mean?
It is what the provider charges per million tokens you send (input) or the model generates (output). A token is roughly 4 characters. Output almost always costs more than input.
Sources: OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM. Prices in USD per million tokens, list price, no volume discounts. Prompt tokens are an estimate; each provider's tokenizer may differ.