--- title: "Oh no (the new Grok model is good)" url: https://daily.dev/posts/oh-no-the-new-grok-model-is-good--diyomj3hi source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3uX115I9sY type: video:youtube source: "Theo - t3․gg" published: 2026-07-09T05:11:47.803Z updated: 2026-07-09T05:12:41.727Z tags: ["ai-agents", "ai-assisted-development", "grok"] reading_time: 24 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Oh no (the new Grok model is good) **[Theo - t3․gg](https://daily.dev/sources/t3dotgg)** · 24 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Grok 4.5 from xAI (now partnered with Cursor) has launched with strong benchmark performance, placing third on DeepSWE behind Claude and GPT-5.5, while being significantly cheaper at $2/M input and $6/M output tokens. The model shows impressive token efficiency — using only 2M tokens per coding task versus 7-9M for competitors — and performs well on multi-step agentic coding tasks. Real-world testing showed it handles complex back-and-forth PR workflows, code auditing, and even 3D game generation better than expected. However, it falls short of the newest model generation (Claude and GPT-5.6) in orchestrating sub-agents. A notable transparency moment: Cursor's codebase was accidentally included in training data, tainting the Cursor Bench results. Overall, xAI has made a remarkable leap from being largely irrelevant to a genuine competitor in the frontier model space. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, its first model with Cursor](https://daily.dev/posts/spacexai-launches-grok-4-5-its-first-model-with-cursor-ekeyyomvo) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#ai-assisted-development](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-assisted-development), [#grok](https://daily.dev/tags/grok) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/oh-no-the-new-grok-model-is-good--diyomj3hi)