Side by side pricing and context for Grok 2 Vision and Pixtral 12B. Rates are curated catalog values with last verified dates on each model page.
Grok 2 Vision
Grok 2 multimodal path for image-aware chats on xAI. TokenCALC estimates text tokens; confirm image billing on xAI docs before production.
Input $2.00 / Output $10.00 per 1M
Context 32.8K · Approx
Pixtral 12B
Mistral multimodal 12B-class model for vision-capable apps at modest rates. TokenCALC estimates text token cost; confirm image billing on Mistral docs.
Input $0.150 / Output $0.150 per 1M
Context 128K · Approx
Quick take
- Pixtral 12B is cheaper on input in this catalog snapshot.
- Pixtral 12B is cheaper on output in this catalog snapshot.
- Both last verified on their model pages (2026-08-02 / 2026-08-02).
Rate table
| Metric | Grok 2 Vision | Pixtral 12B |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M | $2.00 | $0.150 |
| Output / 1M | $10.00 | $0.150 |
| Cached input / 1M | n/a | n/a |
| Context | 32.8K | 128K |
| Tokenizer | Approx | Approx |