Grok 4.5 Tested: Very Short Thinking
Angaisb_ · x · 2026-07-09
The post showcases Grok 4.5 High Fast's performance on a Minecraft house-building task, rating it as "okay but not great." The author specifically points out that it only thought for 4 seconds, contrasting with peer models that take much longer on the same prompt.
This is a hands-on test and behavioral observation, highlighting the model's mediocre output quality and notably short reasoning time.
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