xAI: Grok Code Fast 1
Analysis Summary
xAI: Grok Code Fast 1 sits in the Specialist tier on our leaderboard, ranked #102 of 544 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.200 input and $1.50 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a generous context window for extended reasoning and code review and supports tool use and function calling.
Editorial notes
Grok Code Fast 1 from xAI offers tool use, function calling, and a 256K context window at very competitive pricing, but intelligence and coding benchmarks sit at the lower end of the field, limiting its suitability for complex tasks.
Assessed May 5, 2026
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Performance Profile
Grok Code Fast 1 is a speedy and economical reasoning model that excels at agentic coding. With reasoning traces visible in the response, developers can steer Grok Code for high-quality..
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
x-ai/grok-code-fast-1
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| Provider | x-ai |
| Release Date | August 26, 2025 |
| Context Length | 256,000 tokens |
| Max Completion | 10,000 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.20 | $0.000200 |
| Output | $1.50 | $0.001500 |
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