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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: Grok 4.3 leads on average score with 7.7 vs 7.3. Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.316 vs $0.614. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is faster at 5.04s vs 47.51s, with pass rates of 55.6% vs 71.4%.

Recommended model: Claude Sonnet 4.6 - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.3 vs 7.7), while costing about 1.9x less than Grok 4.3.

Last updated at: 2026-06-12

Metric Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 none Release: 2026-02-17 Grok 4.3 Grok 4.3 medium Release: 2026-05-01
Score 7.3 7.7
Rank #56 #40
Reliability 10.0 10.0
Consistency 9.7 8.5
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 55.6% 71.4%
Flaky tests 1 4
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 2.870 4.724
Total Cost $0.316 $0.614
Input Price $3.000 / 1M $1.250 / 1M
Output Price $15.000 / 1M $2.500 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 57,886 44,472
Output Tokens 9,465 1,981
Reasoning Tokens 0 221,382
Response Time (avg) 5.04s 47.51s
Response Time (max) 23.84s 216.69s
Response Time (total) 70.60s 997.68s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#56 Claude Sonnet 4.6

none
Cost
$0.038
Time
27.3s
Tokens
2,598 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 4.8 10.0 25.0% 0 2.94s 636 1,214 0
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 5.5 10.0 33.3% 0 5.19s 8,522 2,127 0
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 9.5 10.0 100.0% 0 23.84s 26,024 3,766 0
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 3.43s 8,574 252 0
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 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 3.54s 759 413 0
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 6.1 3.1 66.7% 1 2.56s 513 192 0
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 6.5 10.0 50.0% 0 1.96s 690 90 0
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 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 2.53s 663 533 0
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 4.11s 11,301 447 0
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 4.67s 204 431 0
Grok 4.3 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 44.47s 549 14 12,986

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