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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 vs xAI: Grok 4.5

Summary

Claude Opus 4.8 (low) vs Grok 4.5 (medium) benchmark comparison: Grok 4.5 (medium) leads on average score with 8.3 vs 7.7. Claude Opus 4.8 (low) has the lower benchmark cost at $1.270 vs $1.696. Claude Opus 4.8 (low) is faster at 10.83s vs 62.63s, with pass rates of 79.4% vs 77.8%.

Recommended model: Claude Opus 4.8 (low) - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.7 vs 8.3), while responding about 5.8x faster than Grok 4.5 (medium).

Last updated at: 2026-07-08

Metric Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 low Release: 2026-05-28 Grok 4.5 Grok 4.5 medium Release: 2026-07-08
Score 7.7 8.3
Rank #40 #23
Reliability 10.0 9.9
Consistency 8.8 8.9
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 79.4% 77.8%
Flaky tests 3 3
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 8.466 11.304
Total Cost $1.270 $1.696
Input Price $5.000 / 1M $2.000 / 1M
Output Price $25.000 / 1M $6.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 60,946 53,500
Output Tokens 31,771 1,621
Reasoning Tokens 6,831 263,127
Response Time (avg) 10.83s 62.63s
Response Time (max) 127.97s 436.38s
Response Time (total) 227.39s 1315.20s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#40 Claude Opus 4.8

low
Cost
$0.031
Time
14.1s
Tokens
1,345 tok

#23 xAI: Grok 4.5

medium
Cost
$0.044
Time
59.4s
Tokens
7,512 tok

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Category Breakdown

Anti-AI Tricks Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.30s 834 793 371
Grok 4.5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 23.50s 2,991 147 4,018
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 6.6 4.6 77.8% 2 7.58s 10,590 3,637 809
Grok 4.5 7.6 7.2 77.8% 1 155.69s 9,579 390 104,634
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 20.84s 23,500 2,216 1,081
Grok 4.5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 15.65s 15,084 261 4,254
Data parsing and extraction Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 6.3 5.8 66.7% 1 2.27s 10,503 310 0
Grok 4.5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 6.29s 8,937 225 3,657
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 5.3 10.0 33.3% 0 45.53s 975 23,311 3,908
Grok 4.5 2.9 7.2 11.1% 1 198.89s 2,212 11 121,922
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 2.55s 708 231 0
Grok 4.5 6.5 3.4 66.7% 1 12.84s 1,077 71 2,384
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 2.78s 909 111 221
Grok 4.5 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 6.06s 1,857 57 2,728
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.01s 894 592 184
Grok 4.5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 7.75s 2,430 254 3,641
Tool Calling Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 6.85s 11,775 370 35
Grok 4.5 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 6.57s 8,544 192 968
Trivia Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 5.48s 258 200 222
Grok 4.5 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 74.44s 789 13 14,921

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