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Grok Imagine Image

Name: Grok Imagine Image
Brand: xAI

#4 of 4 image models on images (provisional).

List price, not verified yet

key_facts.txt

Released: 28 Jan 2026
Context window: 16K tokens
Longest reply: – tokens
Open weights: No
Reasoning mode: No
Tool use: No
Reads: text, image
Writes: image
Knowledge cutoff: –

scores.txt

Images0

Provisional, 0 to 100 among the image models we track, from Arena and Epoch AI. How we score.

Prices and where to run it

Provider	Region	Input per 1M	Output per 1M	Cached input	Data retention	Checked
xai	global	–	–	–	Not checked	List price, unverified

Price history and a CSV download arrive with the open price dataset.

Benchmarks behind the scores

Measure	Figure	Run date	Source
Arena text to image	1169.7	7 Oct 2026	Arena

call_it.sh

Call it through OpenRouter

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "xai/grok-imagine-image", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]}'

Not listed on OpenRouter; use the vendor’s own API.

next.txt

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