Grok Image Models by xAI
Last refreshed 2026-10-19. Next refresh: weekly.
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xAI's Imagine creative-generation family covers image and video API models under the Grok brand. The current seed tracks still-image generation, quality-tier image generation, and video generation, including Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Preview for short H.264 MP4 clips with synchronized audio.
Decision facts
- Best fit
- video generationimage generationvision and multimodal work
- Capability starting point
- Grok Imagine Image with multimodal inputs
- Lowest tracked input
- Not tracked
- Closest related family
- Grok 1
Current Variants
Use-when guidance is based on each model's tracked capabilities, context window, release date, and replacement status.
Use when the workload needs video generation, multimodal inputs, and audio.
Use when the workload needs image generation and multimodal inputs.
Use when the workload needs video generation, multimodal inputs, and audio.
Use when the workload needs image generation, 128K context, and multimodal inputs.
| Model | Use when | Released | Signals | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite | Use when the workload needs video generation, multimodal inputs, and audio. | 2026-10 | video generationmultimodal inputsaudio | Current |
| Grok Imagine Image 2.0 | Use when the workload needs image generation and multimodal inputs. | 2026-08 | image generationmultimodal inputs | Current |
| Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Preview | Use when the workload needs video generation, multimodal inputs, and audio. | 2026-06 | video generationmultimodal inputsaudio | Current |
| Grok Imagine | Use when the workload needs image generation, 128K context, and multimodal inputs. | 2025-08 | image generation128K contextmultimodal inputs | Current |
| Grok Imagine Video | Use when the workload needs multimodal inputs. | 2025-01 | multimodal inputs | Current |
| Grok Imagine Image | Use when the workload needs multimodal inputs. | 2024-12 | multimodal inputs | Current |
Release Timeline
7 release groupsReplaced By
Keep for legacy integrations; evaluate Grok Imagine Image 2.0 before new work.
Keep for legacy integrations; evaluate Grok Imagine Image 2.0 before new work.
Specifications(8 models)
| Model | Released | Context | Vision | Multimodal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite | 2026-10 | — | Yes | Yes |
| Grok Imagine Image 2.0 | 2026-08 | — | Yes | Yes |
| Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Preview | 2026-06 | — | Yes | Yes |
| Grok Imagine | 2025-08 | 128K | No | Yes |
| Grok Imagine Video | 2025-01 | — | No | Yes |
| Grok Imagine Image | 2024-12 | — | Yes | Yes |
