Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Opus 4.5 leads with 9.7% higher average benchmark score. Grok 4 offers 14.5K more tokens in context window than Claude Opus 4.5. Both models have similar pricing. Claude Opus 4.5 is available on 3 providers. Overall, Claude Opus 4.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.5, released by Anthropic in November 2025, is a large language model from the Claude 4.5 family built for demanding reasoning tasks, advanced code generation, and complex agentic workflows. It features a 200K token context window, 64K maximum output tokens, native image understanding, and extended thinking with configurable effort levels. Opus 4.5 targets deep analytical work, multi-step tool orchestration, and applications requiring sustained reasoning across long, complex tasks.
xAI
Grok 4, released by xAI on July 10, 2025, is a large language model featuring first-principles reasoning and comprehensive multimodal support. It features a 260K token context window and demonstrated strong performance on advanced reasoning and coding benchmarks. Grok 4 targets complex multi-step reasoning tasks, scientific analysis, and agentic workflows via the xAI API.
3 months newer

Grok 4
xAI
2025-07-10

Claude Opus 4.5
Anthropic
2025-11-01
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Opus 4.5
Grok 4
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks
Claude Opus 4.5
Grok 4
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
Claude Opus 4.5
Claude Opus 4.5
2025-05
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Opus 4.5
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Google Cloud Vertex AI
Grok 4
Claude Opus 4.5
Grok 4
Claude Opus 4.5
Grok 4
Grok 4
xAI