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Grok Build

Grok 4.5

Inside Grok Build we ask for grok-4.5 every hour. Everything below comes from those runs on our lab machine.

Grok Buildgrok-4.5Think setting highLast round just nowOther models

Write speed, last 24 hours

38.2answer tok/s

6.25s typical total wait

Likely middle: 5.88s6.49s

Visible answer tokens per second across the whole command. Hidden thinking does not make this number larger. Higher is faster. These are the middle values of 25 completed checks out of 24 scheduled in the last 24 hours.

Time to first word
3.09s
How long before the first visible word shows up. Lower is better.
Typical total wait
6.25s
How long the whole command took, start to finish, including the app booting. Lower is faster.
Last ping
The newest tiny “reply ok” check. It measures wake-up time, not writing speed.

What stands out

Four facts pulled straight from the saved runs.

Board position
#1 of 10
Fastest scored pin today. Just behind: Grok 4.6 at 6.46s total wait.
Answered when scheduled
25/24
Completed answers out of all scheduled checks in the last 24 hours.
Served as
grok-4.5-build
The model name the app reported back. If it differs from the pin, we say so.
Round-to-round swing
1.7×
How much the fastest round beat the slowest one. A big swing means a noisy day.

Recent rounds

Newest first. Fails stay in the list with their reason.

WhenResultWriting speedTotal wait
just nowokplugins=2:codex,cloudflare,hooks=1; no tool calls44.7 tok/s5.35s
1h agookplugins=2:codex,cloudflare,hooks=1; no tool calls38.2 tok/s6.25s
2h agookplugins=2:codex,cloudflare,hooks=1; no tool calls36.5 tok/s6.54s
2h agookplugins=2:codex,cloudflare,hooks=1; no tool calls35.4 tok/s6.76s
3h agookplugins=2:codex,cloudflare,hooks=1; no tool calls43.5 tok/s5.50s
5h agookplugins=2:codex,cloudflare,hooks=1; no tool calls33.7 tok/s7.10s
6h agookplugins=2:codex,cloudflare,hooks=1; no tool calls40.9 tok/s5.84s
7h agookplugins=2:codex,cloudflare,hooks=1; no tool calls40.1 tok/s5.96s

All rounds are in Logs.

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How to read this

Every number here comes from our lab machine running the paid app, one try per hourly round. The live check uses test kit v0.2; recovered history appears only after its raw file passes the same visible-speed rules. Our measurements, not the vendor’s.