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Claude Opus 4.1vsGrok 4.6

Grok 4.6 leads 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. Grok 4.6 is 11.3x cheaper per token. Grok 4.6 has the larger context window (500K tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
0 – 4
Grok 4.6 leads
Cheaper per token
Grok 4.6
11.3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Grok 4.6
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 4.6
xAI · released 2026-08-12
textvision
Context
500K
Max out
Input /1M
$2
Output /1M
$6
Cached /1M
$0.5
Scores
15 · 5 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Grok 4.6ΔEdge
Reported by both · 4
GPQA Diamond77.3% epoch94% epoch-16.7 ptGrok 4.6
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)2.4% epoch31.7% epoch-29.3 ptGrok 4.6
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)12.6% epoch66% epoch-53.4 ptGrok 4.6
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)68.9% epoch99.2% epoch-30.3 ptGrok 4.6
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 4.6 reports · 11
AA-Briefcasenot reported1577
APEX-Agentsnot reported57.5%
APEX-SWEnot reported56.4%
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexnot reported61
CursorBench 3.2not reported69.9%
DeepSWE v1.1not reported65.9%
FrontierCode v1.1 (Extended)not reported61.3%
GDPVal-AA v2not reported1753
Harvey LAB (Vals)not reported15.8%
SimpleQA Verifiednot reported49.3% epoch
Terminal-Bench 3.0not reported26%
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 4.6 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 4.6Edge
Context window200K tokens500K tokensGrok 4.6
Max output32K tokens
Input price / 1M$15 $2 Grok 4.6
Output price / 1M$75 $6 Grok 4.6
Cached input / 1M$1.5 $0.5 Grok 4.6
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$90$8Grok 4.6
Modalitiestext · visiontext · visionTie
Released2025-08-052026-08-12
Cited benchmark scores615
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