Grok 4 vs Grok 3

1. Flagship-level reasoning and math performance

• Designed for world-class reasoning depth, precision, and multi-step logical chains.
• Excels at STEM, mathematics, symbolic operations, proofs, and analytical workloads.

2. Powerful multimodal understanding

• Supports text, images, and other modalities.
• Handles cross-modal reasoning tasks requiring context synthesis.

3. Extreme capability across diverse tasks

• Positioned as a top-tier 'jack of all trades' model.
• Strong in natural language, coding, knowledge retrieval, and structured generation.

4. Large 256K context window

• Enables analysis of long documents, entire codebases, multi-document packs, and extensive agent sessions.
• Supports workloads that require persistent reasoning across large inputs.

5. Advanced developer tooling support

• Function calling for tool-augmented workflows.
• Structured outputs for predictable, schema-controlled generation.
• Integrates smoothly with agents and complex automation pipelines.

6. Efficient caching for cost reduction

• Cached input tokens discounted to $0.75 / 1M tokens.
• Encourages RAG, retrieval pipelines, and multi-step conversational workflows.

7. Production-ready performance

• Stable rate limits: 480 requests per minute.
• High token throughput: 2,000,000 tokens per minute.
• Available across multiple xAI regional clusters.

8. Optional Live Search augmentation

• Add-on: $25 per 1K sources.
• Enhances factual accuracy and real-time information retrieval.

1. Strong enterprise-grade reasoning

• Built for deep logical reasoning, structured decision-making, and multi-step analysis.
• Performs exceptionally in domains requiring precision: law, finance, healthcare, and STEM.

2. Excellent at data extraction and summarization

• Optimized for structured extraction from documents, PDFs, tables, and complex text.
• Ideal for enterprise workflows like reporting, compliance automation, or knowledge mining.

3. High-performance coding capabilities

• Excels at code generation, debugging, refactoring, and explaining code.
• Competitive with top-tier coding models for multi-file, long-context code reasoning.

4. Supports function calling and structured outputs

• Integrates cleanly with agent frameworks and external tools.
• Predictable, schema-aligned responses suitable for production systems.

5. Large 131K context window

• Handles long documents, transcripts, contracts, codebases, or multi-document tasks.
• Useful for ingesting highly technical materials in one pass.

6. Efficient cost structure with cached token pricing

• Cached inputs: only $0.75 / 1M tokens, enabling large-scale systems.
• Encourages reuse for powerful retrieval-augmented workflows.

7. Enterprise reliability and availability

• Supported across multiple regions (us-east-1, eu-west-1).
• Consistent rate limits: 600 requests/min.
• Suitable for production-grade apps with stability requirements.

8. Supports advanced search capabilities

• Optional Live Search add-on for real-time knowledge retrieval.
• Pricing: $25 per 1K sources.