Wes Roth · 2026-07-09 · notable
Wes Roth: 'Grok 4.5 just COOKED Claude and OpenAI'
Wes Roth walks a general audience through xAI's newly-shipped Grok 4.5 — the pricing, the coding-benchmark scores, and how the model stacks up against Claude Opus 4.7 and GPT-5.5 on public leaderboards.
A Wes Roth reaction to xAI's Grok 4.5 launch, framed as a head-to-head against Claude and GPT-5.5 for a mainstream audience.
What is it?
Uploaded July 9, 2026, this Wes Roth video reacts to xAI's Grok 4.5 launch — the new Opus-class flagship priced at $2/$6 per million input/output tokens — and compares its public benchmark scores against Claude Opus 4.7 and GPT-5.5.
How does it work?
Roth walks non-technical viewers through the xAI announcement page and the third-party leaderboard scores, focusing on the coding numbers where Grok 4.5 posts its strongest results, then contrasts the pricing with Anthropic and OpenAI's flagship tiers.
Why does it matter?
The video is how a lot of general viewers first hear that xAI has a serious answer to Opus 4.7 at less than a third of the token price. The existing xai-grok-4-5 feed entry has the launch details; this reaction is the mainstream translation of what the numbers mean for everyday coding users.
Who is it for?
Casual AI viewers looking for a plain-English take on the Grok 4.5 launch.
Try it
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMjTfpTd-NY