Testing Grok 4.5 vs Opus 4.8 (Cost, speed, & performance)

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Why it worked

The video provides high-utility, comparative data that appeals to developers, while the clear, measurable 'before and after' results make the product's value proposition immediately obvious.

Summary

The creator compares the performance and cost of two AI models, Grok 4.5 and Opus 4.8, within the Cursor coding environment. He demonstrates how both models handle a task and promotes Cursor with a discount code.

Structure

1Introduction to the model comparison
2Testing Opus 4.8 with a fridge photo task
3Testing Grok 4.5 with the same task
4Comparing cost and speed results
5Demonstrating advanced capabilities with an investor presentation
6Call to action for a discount

Product placement

The video is a direct demonstration of the Cursor AI coding tool, showing its interface and capabilities.

Original caption

Building the same app with Grok 4.5 and Opus 4.8. Comment "Cursor" and I'll DM you a link to get 50% off your first month of Cursor and doubling the Grok 4.5 usage for the first week. #cursorpartner #coding

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Call to action

Comment "cursor" for 50% off your first month and 1 week of double Grok 4.5 usage

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Testing Grok 4.5 vs Opus 4.8 (Cost, speed, & performance) GROK 4.5 OPUS 4.8 Comment "cursor" for 50% off your first month and 1 week of double Grok 4.5 usage

Transcript

So Cursor just released a new model called Grok 4.5 and apparently it feels just like Opus 4.8 at twice the speed, half the tokens and at a much lower price. And apparently it's built for more than just coding, it can really do anything on your computer, so I'm going to give both models the same exact task and see how it goes. So starting with Opus 4.8 here, I'm going to upload a picture of a fridge and it gave me a bunch of different recipes. So this cost me $3 and took about 16 minutes. Now on to Grok 4.5 here, it gave me all of these different recipes and this took about 6 minutes and cost me about 15 cents. So now because Grok 4.5 is built for more than just coding, I'm going to have it build out an entire investor presentation for Fridge Finder for me on this app. So this is the presentation that Grok made, it's pulling a bunch of real-time stats and it's all happening really fast. And this isn't even Cursor's fastest model, they had Composer 2.5 and Grok 4.5 and Grok is kind of like their heavyweight model. If you want to try this out for yourself, comment cursor and I'll send you 50% off your first month as well as double the Grok 4.5 usage for your first week.