grok 4.5 vs opus 4.8

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Summary

The creator compares the performance and cost of two AI models, Grok 4.5 and Opus 4.8, by asking them to build an adaptive training plan web app. She demonstrates the results and concludes that Grok is more cost-effective and offers better customization, while promoting the Cursor platform.

Structure

1Introduction of the challenge: comparing AI models for a specific task
2Comparison of speed, token usage, and cost
3Review of the resulting web apps
4Final verdict on model performance
5Call to action for a discount on Cursor

Product placement

The video is a direct demonstration of using the Cursor AI editor to build web applications, with the creator explicitly stating the video is sponsored by Cursor.

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comment "cursor" and i'll DM you 50% off your first month plus doubled grok 4.5 usage for the first week. i'm 6 months out from ACL surgery and i asked grok 4.5 and opus 4.8 to build me adaptive training plans to help me recover as safely and quickly as possible. #cursorcreator #trycursor #grok4.5 #grok #webapp

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comment 'cursor' for 50% off your first month plus doubled grok 4.5 usage for the first week!

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grok 4.5 vs opus 4.8 CONTEXT: ACL reconstruction date: 1/15/25 Draft type: allograft Currently cleared for real activity Goal: return to participating sports (no skiing, no soccer) Goal: dual general strength and confidence, trust my left knee as much as my right Strava history: @[username] Role: Build me a small web app ... (rest of prompt text) model tokens time cost grok 4.5 960K 5:14 $2.69 opus 4.8 2.6M 12:25 $23.40 ACL Comeback (Grok app screenshot) Left Knee Test (Opus app screenshot) Active recovery - SLP / swim / walk Log - Long cycling day (100k or 100mi) CursorBench 3.2 score graph comment 'cursor' for 50% off your first month plus doubled grok 4.5 usage for the first week! this video is sponsored by cursor

Transcript

I'm almost six months out from ACL surgery and I want to recover as safely and safely as possible. So I asked Grok 4.5 and Opus 4.8 to build me adaptive training plans. I gave both models the same prompt. Build a web app that generates a training plan based on my Strava data and my surgery details. Lets me log how the workouts feel and adapts the plan based on my feedback. Grok finished in 5 minutes and 14 seconds using 960,000 tokens. Opus took 12 and a half minutes using 2.6 million tokens. Grok ended up being around eight times cheaper than Opus, costing $2.69 while Opus cost $23.40. And here are the finished apps. Functionally they are very similar, doing everything that I specified in the prompt. I logged a workout in both apps and Grok's version actually let me customize the feedback more than Opus's, asking about my knee stability and symmetry. And the more the app knows, the better it will be able to adapt my training plan going forward. Grok 4.5 is actually in a different weight class than Composer 2.5, but unlike Composer, it is built for more than just coding. Comment 'cursor' and I will DM you 50% off your first month plus doubled Grok 4.5 usage for the first week! This video is sponsored by Cursor.