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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Grok-2 mini

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads the LLM Stats Score 19.3 to 8.8.

Anthropic · xAI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads the overall LLM Stats Score 19.3 to 8.8, ranking #192 overall.

In the 8 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude 3.5 Sonnet wins 7; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude 3.5 Sonnet

  • overall performance matters — it scores 19.3 and ranks #192 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 7 of 8 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2024

Choose Grok-2 mini

  • you are already invested in the xAI ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
Grok-2 mini
xAI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
19.3
#192
8.8
#258
Reasoning
20.3
#174
8.4
#261
Coding
11.7
#142
6.0
#182
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
7 of 8
1 of 8
Input price
$3.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$15.00 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

5 shared
Index
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Grok-2 mini
Math
23.4#124
16.0#202
Vision
15.0#83
6.4#140
Multimodal
18.2#66
9.6#112
Finance
23.6#65
15.8#112
Legal
23.6#54
15.8#96
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

19 reported for Claude 3.5 Sonnet · 8 for Grok-2 mini

8 shared

Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 7 benchmarks (DocVQA, GPQA, HumanEval, MATH, MMLU, MMLU-Pro, MMMU), while Grok-2 mini is better at 1 benchmark (MathVista).

Claude 3.5 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Mon Aug 31 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
xAI
Grok-2 mini
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Aug 31 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Grok-2 mini support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Grok-2 mini

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Grok-2 mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while Grok-2 mini was released on 2024-08-13.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is 2 months newer than Grok-2 mini.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Oct 22, 2024

1.9 years ago

2mo newer
Grok-2 mini

Aug 13, 2024

2.0 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Grok-2 mini side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Grok-2 mini.

Which is better, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Grok-2 mini?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads the LLM Stats Score 19.3 to 8.8. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is made by Anthropic and Grok-2 mini is made by xAI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude 3.5 Sonnet compare to Grok-2 mini in benchmarks?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores GSM8k: 96.4%, DocVQA: 95.2%, AI2D: 94.7%, HumanEval: 93.7%, BIG-Bench Hard: 93.1%. Grok-2 mini scores DocVQA: 93.2%, MMLU: 86.2%, HumanEval: 85.7%, MATH: 73.0%, MMLU-Pro: 72.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Grok-2 mini?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports 200K tokens and Grok-2 mini supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Grok-2 mini?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (19.3 vs 8.8). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Grok-2 mini?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is developed by Anthropic and Grok-2 mini is developed by xAI.

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