Grok 4.5 Performs Worse via API
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-07-17
The author observed that Grok 4.5 appears "dumber" in the minimal API on openrouter compared to Grok Build, even failing to answer the same test anecdote correctly.
They feel its performance is on par with DSV4, or perhaps even worse; at least V4 could "guess the actual punchline," whereas the 4.5 API version completely missed it.
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