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Gpt 4o Mini Realtime Preview vs Grok 2 1212

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Openai

Model

Gpt 4o Mini Realtime Preview

Tool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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Xai

Model

Grok 2 1212

Tool calling

Context window

131K

131,072 tokens · ~98K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Gpt 4o Mini Realtime Preview128K
Grok 2 1212131K

Grok 2 1212 has about 1× the context window of the other in this pair.

Grok 2 1212 has 2% more context capacity (131K vs 128K tokens). Gpt 4o Mini Realtime Preview is 70% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Grok 2 1212. Its 131K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Gpt 4o Mini Realtime Preview. Input tokens are 70% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Grok 2 1212. Its 131K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecGpt 4o Mini Realtime PreviewGrok 2 1212
Context window128,000 tokens (128K)131,072 tokens (131K)
Max output tokens4,096 tokens (4K)131,072 tokens (131K)
Speed tierFastBalanced
VisionNoNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingYesNo
Batch APIYesNo
Release dateN/AN/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderGpt 4o Mini Realtime Preview inGpt 4o Mini Realtime Preview outGrok 2 1212 inGrok 2 1212 out
Openai$0.600/M$2.40/M
Xai$2.00/M$10.00/M

Frequently asked questions

Grok 2 1212 has a larger context window: 131K tokens vs 128K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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