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o4 Mini Deep Research vs Grok 4

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

o4 Mini Deep Research wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

Grok 4 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
o4 Mini Deep Research
Benchmark Advantage
Grok 4
Context Window
Grok 4
Speed
Grok 4

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

Featureo4 Mini Deep ResearchGrok 4
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

Propertyo4 Mini Deep ResearchGrok 4
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIXai
ReleasedOct 2025Jul 2025

o4 Mini Deep Research Modalities

Input
fileimagetext
Output
text

Grok 4 Modalities

Input
imagetext
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

o4 Mini Deep Research has cheaper input pricing at $2.00/M tokens. o4 Mini Deep Research has cheaper output pricing at $8.00/M tokens.
o4 Mini Deep Research has a 200,000 token context window, while Grok 4 has a 256,000 token context window.
o4 Mini Deep Research supports vision. Grok 4 supports vision.