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Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs xAI: Grok 4.20

Summary

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Grok 4.20 benchmark comparison: The average score is effectively tied at 7.3 vs 7.3. Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.316 vs $0.609. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is faster at 5.04s vs 27.68s, with pass rates of 55.6% vs 63.5%.

Recommended model: Claude Sonnet 4.6 - It has the best score here (7.3), while costing about 1.9x less than Grok 4.20.

Last updated at: 2026-07-02

Metric Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 none Release: 2026-02-17 Grok 4.20 Grok 4.20 medium Release: 2026-03-31
Score 7.3 7.3
Rank #57 #55
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.7 8.8
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 55.6% 63.5%
Flaky tests 1 3
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 2.870 8.309
Total Cost $0.316 $0.609
Input Price $3.000 / 1M $1.250 / 1M
Output Price $15.000 / 1M $2.500 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 57,886 44,433
Output Tokens 9,465 1,819
Reasoning Tokens 0 219,524
Response Time (avg) 5.04s 27.68s
Response Time (max) 23.84s 199.66s
Response Time (total) 70.60s 581.26s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#57 Claude Sonnet 4.6

none
Cost
$0.038
Time
27.3s
Tokens
2,598 tok

#55 xAI: Grok 4.20

medium
Cost
$0.041
Time
110.3s
Tokens
16,336 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 4.8 10.0 25.0% 0 2.94s 636 1,214 0
Grok 4.20 8.2 7.9 83.3% 1 3.95s 2,010 287 8,312
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 5.19s 8,522 2,127 0
Grok 4.20 6.3 6.6 55.6% 1 109.93s 8,307 268 103,150
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 9.5 10.0 100.0% 0 23.84s 26,024 3,766 0
Grok 4.20 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 17.40s 12,909 232 9,556
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 3.43s 8,574 252 0
Grok 4.20 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.17s 7,761 180 5,333
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 3.54s 759 413 0
Grok 4.20 5.3 10.0 33.3% 0 27.03s 1,764 375 49,339
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 6.1 3.1 66.7% 1 2.56s 513 192 0
Grok 4.20 3.9 2.6 33.3% 1 24.48s 825 65 6,440
Instructions following 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 1.96s 690 90 0
Grok 4.20 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 4.26s 1,362 57 6,419
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Sonnet 4.6 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 2.53s 663 533 0
Grok 4.20 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 6.22s 1,689 149 7,913
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 4.11s 11,301 447 0
Grok 4.20 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 13.68s 7,275 197 6,620
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 4.67s 204 431 0
Grok 4.20 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 63.48s 531 9 16,442

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