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Claude 4 Opus vs Grok 3

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Anthropic

Claude 4 Opus

ProprietaryFeb 2026

Anthropic’s 2026 flagship — best-in-class on code and long-horizon agents.

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xAI

Grok 3

ProprietaryFeb 2025

Real-time data via X — competitive on reasoning, 1M context.

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Head to head

Spec
Claude 4 Opus
Grok 3
Intelligence index↑ better
Winner81
74
Speed↑ better
50 tok/s
Winner75 tok/s
Time to first token↓ better
1.4 s
Winner0.6 s
Context window↑ better
500k
Winner1M
Max output↑ better
Winner32k
16k
Input price↓ better
$8.00 / 1M tokens
Winner$3.00 / 1M tokens
Output price↓ better
$40.00 / 1M tokens
Winner$15.00 / 1M tokens
Blended price↓ better
$16.00 / 1M tokens
Winner$6.00 / 1M tokens
License
Proprietary
Proprietary
Input modalities
text, image
text, image
Output modalities
text
text

Benchmark showdown

MMLU
Claude 4 Opus
90.0
Grok 3
88.0
MMLU Pro
Claude 4 Opus
79.5
Grok 3
76.0
GPQA
Claude 4 Opus
65.0
Grok 3
62.0
MATH
Claude 4 Opus
88.0
Grok 3
88.5
HumanEval
Claude 4 Opus
95.8
Grok 3
90.0

Strengths, weaknesses and best-for

Claude 4 Opus
Strengths
  • Top HumanEval
  • Long, coherent outputs
  • 500k context
Weaknesses
  • Slower than Sonnet
  • Premium price
Best for
  • Long-context coding
  • Tool-using agents
  • Document understanding
Grok 3
Strengths
  • Live X data
  • 1M context
  • Strong reasoning mode
Weaknesses
  • Smaller ecosystem
  • Less tool-use tooling
Best for
  • Real-time research
  • Social-aware apps

Quick verdict

  • Pick Claude 4 Opus if you want it smarter.
  • Pick Grok 3 if you want it faster, cheaper and longer context.

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