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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs xAI: Grok 4.3

Summary

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Grok 4.3 benchmark comparison: Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads on average score with 7.8 vs 7.7. Grok 4.3 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.614 vs $1.418. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is faster at 17.06s vs 47.51s, with pass rates of 65.1% vs 71.4%.

Recommended model: Grok 4.3 - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.7 vs 7.8), while costing about 2.3x less than Claude Sonnet 4.6.

Last updated at: 2026-06-12

Metric Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 medium Release: 2026-02-17 Grok 4.3 Grok 4.3 medium Release: 2026-05-01
Score 7.8 7.7
Rank #34 #40
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.1 8.5
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 65.1% 71.4%
Flaky tests 2 4
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 10.904 4.724
Total Cost $1.418 $0.614
Input Price $3.000 / 1M $1.250 / 1M
Output Price $15.000 / 1M $2.500 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 49,112 44,472
Output Tokens 54,703 1,981
Reasoning Tokens 29,970 221,382
Response Time (avg) 17.06s 47.51s
Response Time (max) 46.35s 216.69s
Response Time (total) 221.83s 997.68s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#34 Claude Sonnet 4.6

medium
Invalid SVG
Cost
$0.000
Time
300.0s
Tokens
0 tok

#40 xAI: Grok 4.3

medium
Cost
$0.009
Time
19.0s
Tokens
3,661 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 Sonnet 4.6 6.5 10.0 50.0% 0 2.98s 789 1,046 1,093
Grok 4.3 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 8.83s 2,010 88 8,207
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 5.7 6.6 44.4% 1 33.29s 6,995 16,089 3,686
Grok 4.3 5.9 7.7 44.4% 1 41.23s 8,340 1,028 31,226
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 46.35s 18,351 5,871 3,962
Grok 4.3 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 63.99s 12,909 234 15,301
Data parsing and extraction Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 13.90s 8,676 649 742
Grok 4.3 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 18.97s 7,761 180 9,546
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 2.9 7.2 11.1% 1 0ms 471 25,790 16,919
Grok 4.3 5.3 7.2 44.4% 1 181.74s 1,764 14 111,300
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.94s 564 256 433
Grok 4.3 5.4 2.5 66.7% 1 24.70s 825 70 5,020
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 2.61s 792 318 552
Grok 4.3 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 18.58s 1,362 57 8,713
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 5.31s 816 592 646
Grok 4.3 5.9 7.2 55.6% 1 22.52s 1,689 128 14,468
Tool Calling Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 7.48s 11,454 655 351
Grok 4.3 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 17.66s 7,263 168 4,615
Trivia Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 30.09s 204 3,437 1,586
Grok 4.3 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 44.47s 549 14 12,986

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