Grok 4.5 Is the Best 'PS2' Model Ever Built
Insights from the Theo - t3․gg episode “Oh no (the new Grok model is good)”, published July 9, 2026.
In "Oh no (the new Grok model is good)" (Theo - t3․gg, July 2026), xAI’s Grok 4.5 establishes a new performance floor for coding and agentic tasks by delivering near-frontier intelligence at a fraction of the cost. While it lacks the high-level orchestration capabilities of the absolute newest generation models, its massive leap in token efficiency and coding competence makes it a formidable, cost-effective rival to incumbents like OpenAI and…
In "Oh no (the new Grok model is good)" (Theo - t3․gg, July 2026), the intended audience is: Software developers and engineering teams looking for high-performance, cost-effective coding agents.
XAI’s Grok 4.5 establishes a new performance floor for coding and agentic tasks by delivering near-frontier intelligence at a fraction of the cost. While it lacks the high-level orchestration capabilities of the absolute newest generation models, its massive leap in token efficiency and coding competence makes it a formidable, cost-effective rival to incumbents like OpenAI and Anthropic.
Software developers and engineering teams looking for high-performance, cost-effective coding agents.
Topics: Grok 4.5, XAI, LLM Benchmarks, Coding Agents, AI Efficiency
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XAI’s Grok 4.5 establishes a new performance floor for coding and agentic tasks by delivering near-frontier intelligence at a fraction of the cost. While it lacks the high-level orchestration capabilities of the absolute newest generation models, its massive leap in token efficiency and coding competence makes it a formidable, cost-effective rival to incumbents like OpenAI and Anthropic.
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