Can you call grok-imagine-image-2.0 with the OpenAI SDK you already use?

Yes. grok-imagine-image-2.0 is reachable through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so an existing OpenAI SDK client works after pointing the base URL at MixRoute and setting the model parameter to grok-imagine-image-2.0 . Keep your current request and response handling.

How does grok-imagine-image-2.0 compare with Gemini 3 Pro image, and what should you compare?

grok-imagine-image-2.0 is grouped with gemini-3-pro-image in the catalog. The fields worth comparing are output modalities, specification limits and price rows, all of which are listed for both models.

What should you evaluate before moving production traffic to grok-imagine-image-2.0?

Before switching production traffic to grok-imagine-image-2.0, run a pilot on a representative slice of your traffic and check output quality, latency at peak concurrency, and cost per request. Verify the error and retry behaviour, and confirm the request limits you depend on match your plan.

How does grok-imagine-image-2.0 score on benchmarks?

Recorded results for grok-imagine-image-2.0: aa_text_to_image 94.4; arena_text_to_image 76.6; aa_image_editing 85.2. Benchmark positions are a coarse filter only — run your own prompts against the candidate models before you commit, because ranking shifts with task shape and prompt style.

Model detail

grok-imagine-image-2.0

Provided by xAI

Pay-as-you-go Dynamic pricing 4 tiers

An xAI image model for visual generation and editing, with controls for aspect ratio, resolution, and generation quality.

Model specs

Model ID: grok-imagine-image-2.0

Context length: –
Max output: –
I/O modalities
Released: 2026-08

API endpoints

One MixRoute gateway, OpenAI-compatible

OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions POST
OpenAI-compatible /v1/responses POST

Tiered pricing

Unit: /unit

Tier	Input units /unit	Output units /unit
1k-low (res == "1k") && (qual == "low")	$0.0100	$0.0400
1k-medium (res == "1k") && (!(qual == "low"))	$0.0100	$0.0600
2k-low (!(res == "1k")) && (qual == "low")	$0.0100	$0.0600
2k-medium (!(res == "1k")) && (!(qual == "low"))	$0.0100	$0.0800

Selection summary

Quickly judge whether it fits your workload

What is this model good for?

An xAI image model for visual generation and editing, with controls for aspect ratio

An xAI image model for visual generation and editing, with controls for aspect ratio, resolution, and generation quality.

What should you check before using it?

Confirm output sizes and supported image formats

Model type: image. Verify supported features and quotas with the provider documentation. Released 2026-08-07.

Why use it through MixRoute?

Swap the base URL, keep the grok-imagine-image-2.0 client

MixRoute serves grok-imagine-image-2.0 on the OpenAI-compatible endpoint /v1/chat/completions; point your existing client at https://api.mixroute.ai/v1 with the model ID grok-imagine-image-2.0 and re-run your integration tests.

Capabilities & compatibility

Unconfirmed capabilities stay "Unknown," no guesses

Vision input

grok-imagine-image-2.0 can process image inputs alongside text.

EX Pass a base64-encoded image in a image_url content part alongside text messages.

OpenAI SDK

Call grok-imagine-image-2.0 through MixRoute's OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

EX Change base_url to https://api.mixroute.ai/v1; everything else follows the OpenAI style.

FAQ

grok-imagine-image-2.0 returns up to 10 images per request.

Get started

01

Create an API key

Generate a key in the Console; one key calls every model.
02

Set the base URL

Fully OpenAI SDK-compatible; just swap the URL to connect.

https://api.mixroute.ai/v1
03

Specify the model ID

In the request's model field, enter:

grok-imagine-image-2.0

Create an API key

New users get $5 in free credits

Test this model and alternate routes with the same request format

Start from a real workload, then let quality, total cost, and failure conditions decide whether to send production traffic.

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