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

Yes. grok-imagine-image 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 . Keep your current request and response handling.

How does grok-imagine-image compare with qwen-image-edit-max, and what should you compare?

grok-imagine-image is grouped with qwen-image-edit-max 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?

Before switching production traffic to grok-imagine-image, 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 score on benchmarks?

Recorded results for grok-imagine-image: aa_text_to_image 76.2; arena_text_to_image 51.8; aa_image_editing 77.9. 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

Provided by xAI

Pay-as-you-go Dynamic pricing

An xAI image-generation model that creates images using text prompts and image inputs.

Model specs

Model ID: grok-imagine-image

Context length: –
Max output: –
I/O modalities
Released: 2026-01

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	$0.0100	$0.0200

Selection summary

Quickly judge whether it fits your workload

What is this model good for?

An xAI image-generation model that creates images using text prompts and image inputs

An xAI image-generation model that creates images using text prompts and image inputs.

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 2026-01-28.

Why use it through MixRoute?

grok-imagine-image takes text and images on one route

Text and image inputs share the same route and the same key. MixRoute serves grok-imagine-image 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 and re-run your integration tests.

Capabilities & compatibility

Unconfirmed capabilities stay "Unknown," no guesses

Vision input

grok-imagine-image 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 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 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

Create an API key

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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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