AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 vs xAI: Grok 4.20

Side-by-side comparison — pricing, context window, capabilities, and live leaderboard data.

Key differences

  • xAI: Grok 4.20 has a 2000K-token context window — 7.8× larger than AI21: Jamba Large 1.7's 256K.
  • xAI: Grok 4.20 is 38% cheaper per 1K input tokens than AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 ($0.0013 vs $0.0020).
  • AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 is built by AI21; xAI: Grok 4.20 is built by xAI.
  • xAI: Grok 4.20 supports vision (image inputs); the other does not.

Specifications

AI21: Jamba Large 1.7xAI: Grok 4.20
ProviderAI21xAI
Context window256K2000K
Max output tokens81928192
Input price / 1K tokens$0.0020$0.0013
Output price / 1K tokens$0.0080$0.0025
Vision supportNoYes
Function callingNoNo
LicenseProprietaryProprietary

About AI21: Jamba Large 1.7

Other·Closed

Jamba Large 1.7 is the latest model in the Jamba open family, offering improvements in grounding, instruction-following, and overall efficiency. Built on a hybrid SSM-Transformer architecture with a 256K context...

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About xAI: Grok 4.20

US·Closed

Grok 4.20 is a reasoning model from xAI with industry-leading speed and agentic tool calling capabilities. It combines the lowest hallucination rate on the market with strict prompt adherance, delivering...

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