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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 vs xAI: Grok Build 0.1

Summary

Claude Opus 4.8 vs Grok Build 0.1 benchmark comparison: Grok Build 0.1 leads on average score with 7.6 vs 7.2. Claude Opus 4.8 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.539 vs $0.927. Claude Opus 4.8 is faster at 3.47s vs 49.90s, with pass rates of 61.9% vs 61.9%.

Recommended model: Claude Opus 4.8 - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.2 vs 7.6), while costing about 1.7x less than Grok Build 0.1.

Last updated at: 2026-06-12

Metric Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 none Release: 2026-05-28 Grok Build 0.1 Grok Build 0.1 medium Release: 2026-05-21
Score 7.2 7.6
Rank #59 #44
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.2 9.9
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 61.9% 61.9%
Flaky tests 2 0
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 4.485 7.124
Total Cost $0.539 $0.927
Input Price $5.000 / 1M $1.000 / 1M
Output Price $25.000 / 1M $2.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 67,104 44,418
Output Tokens 8,107 2,782
Reasoning Tokens 0 438,018
Response Time (avg) 3.47s 49.90s
Response Time (max) 17.73s 252.69s
Response Time (total) 72.90s 1047.92s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#59 Claude Opus 4.8

none
Cost
$0.053
Time
22.0s
Tokens
2,253 tok

#44 xAI: Grok Build 0.1

medium
Cost
$0.028
Time
81.3s
Tokens
14,009 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 6.5 10.0 50.0% 0 3.40s 834 1,472 0
Grok Build 0.1 8.3 10.0 75.0% 0 7.43s 2,010 220 12,162
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 3.29s 10,590 1,332 0
Grok Build 0.1 5.7 9.7 33.3% 0 108.46s 8,304 1,138 161,452
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 9.5 10.0 100.0% 0 17.73s 29,658 3,259 0
Grok Build 0.1 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 32.81s 12,909 231 16,917
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 7.3 5.8 83.3% 1 1.77s 10,503 308 0
Grok Build 0.1 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 10.72s 7,761 180 8,876
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 7.2 44.4% 1 1.66s 975 61 0
Grok Build 0.1 5.3 10.0 33.3% 0 158.00s 1,764 492 175,294
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 3.48s 708 230 0
Grok Build 0.1 4.4 9.9 0.0% 0 18.41s 825 76 6,345
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 9.9 10.0 100.0% 0 1.37s 909 95 0
Grok Build 0.1 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 12.36s 1,362 57 9,599
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.8 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 2.74s 894 783 0
Grok Build 0.1 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 18.26s 1,689 195 20,841
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 5.35s 11,775 355 0
Grok Build 0.1 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 13.12s 7,263 180 4,969
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 3.41s 258 212 0
Grok Build 0.1 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 53.51s 531 13 21,563

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