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Claude Opus 4.1vsGrok 4.5

Grok 4.5 leads 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. Grok 4.5 is 11.3x cheaper per token. Grok 4.5 has the larger context window (500K tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
0 – 4
Grok 4.5 leads
Cheaper per token
Grok 4.5
11.3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Grok 4.5
500K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Anthropic · xAI
Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic · released 2025-08-05
textvision
Context
200K
Max out
32K
Input /1M
$15
Output /1M
$75
Cached /1M
$1.5
Scores
6 · 6 core
Grok 4.5
xAI · released 2026-07-08
textvision
Context
500K
Max out
Input /1M
$2
Output /1M
$6
Cached /1M
$0.3
Scores
6 · 6 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Grok 4.5ΔEdge
Reported by both · 4
GPQA Diamond77.3% epoch93.4% epoch-16.1 ptGrok 4.5
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)2.4% epoch24.4% epoch-22 ptGrok 4.5
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)12.6% epoch57.2% epoch-44.6 ptGrok 4.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)68.9% epoch97.8% epoch-28.9 ptGrok 4.5
Only Claude Opus 4.1 reports · 2
SWE-bench Verified74.5% not reported
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)73.3% epochnot reported
Only Grok 4.5 reports · 2
LMArena Elonot reported1450.1
SimpleQA Verifiednot reported48.3% epoch
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Claude Opus 4.1 minus Grok 4.5 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecClaude Opus 4.1Grok 4.5Edge
Context window200K tokens500K tokensGrok 4.5
Max output32K tokens
Input price / 1M$15 $2 Grok 4.5
Output price / 1M$75 $6 Grok 4.5
Cached input / 1M$1.5 $0.3 Grok 4.5
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$90$8Grok 4.5
Modalitiestext · visiontext · visionTie
Released2025-08-052026-07-08
Cited benchmark scores66
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