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Grok 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 5

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Language Models · verified 13 Aug 2026

Grok 4.6xAIcurrent
Claude Sonnet 5Anthropiccurrent
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SpecificationGrok 4.6Claude Sonnet 5
SummaryNewest xAI flagship.Near-Opus quality on coding and agentic work at Sonnet cost.
Context500K1M
Input ($/Mtok)$2$3
Output ($/Mtok)$6$15
LicenceProprietaryProprietary
Max output—128K
Released12 Aug 2026—
Model IDgrok-4.6claude-sonnet-5
CategoryLanguage ModelsLanguage Models
OfficialxAI ↗Anthropic ↗

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Grok 4.6

  • Tiered pricing: doubles above 200K tokens
  • Smaller context than Grok 4.3 despite being newer

Best for cost-sensitive scale.

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Claude Sonnet 5

  • Adaptive thinking on by default
  • New tokenizer — roughly 30% more tokens for the same text
  • Introductory $2/$10 through 31 Aug 2026

Best for high-volume production.

Full spec sheet →