Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Grok 3 offers 784.4K more tokens in context window than Claude Opus 4.1. Grok 3 is $72.00 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4.1 is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1, released by Anthropic in August 2025, is a large language model from the Claude 4 family optimized for demanding reasoning, multi-step coding, and extended analysis tasks. It features a 200K token context window, 32K maximum output tokens, native image understanding, and extended thinking capabilities. Opus 4.1 targets complex problem-solving, multi-turn reasoning workflows, and applications requiring deep analysis with integrated tool use.
xAI
Grok 3, released by xAI in February 2025, is a large language model trained on xAI's Colossus supercluster with substantially increased compute over previous generations. It features a 1M token context window, RL-enhanced Think mode for extended reasoning, and demonstrated strong results on mathematics, coding, and scientific benchmarks. Grok 3 targets complex reasoning, real-time information tasks via X platform integration, and agentic workflows via the xAI API.
5 months newer

Grok 3
xAI
2025-02-17

Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
2025-08-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Opus 4.1
Grok 3
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks
Claude Opus 4.1
Grok 3
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
Claude Opus 4.1
Grok 3
Claude Opus 4.1
2025-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Google Cloud Vertex AI
Grok 3
Claude Opus 4.1
Grok 3
Claude Opus 4.1
Grok 3
xAI