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Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Grok-2 mini

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.0 to 8.6.

Anthropic · xAI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 50.0 to 8.6, ranking #19 overall.

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

Choose Claude Haiku 5.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 50.0 and ranks #19 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Grok-2 mini

  • you are already invested in the xAI ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Haiku 5.5
Anthropic
Grok-2 mini
xAI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
50.0
#19
8.6
#293
Reasoning
47.2
#27
8.2
#290
Coding
40.2
#13
5.8
#208
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.10 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.50 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Claude Haiku 5.5
Grok-2 mini
Math
25.7#110
15.8#217
Vision
30.4#33
5.8#159
Multimodal
31.4#27
8.9#131
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

36 reported for Claude Haiku 5.5 · 8 for Grok-2 mini

No common benchmarks found

Claude Haiku 5.5 and Grok-2 minidon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Haiku 5.5 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Haiku 5.5 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Haiku 5.5
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
xAI
Grok-2 mini
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Oct 07 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude Haiku 5.5 and Grok-2 mini support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude Haiku 5.5

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 Haiku 5.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Grok-2 mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Haiku 5.5 was released on 2026-10-07, while Grok-2 mini was released on 2024-08-13.

Claude Haiku 5.5 is 26 months newer than Grok-2 mini.

Claude Haiku 5.5

Oct 7, 2026

0 days ago

2.2yr newer
Grok-2 mini

Aug 13, 2024

2.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Haiku 5.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Grok-2 mini's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Haiku 5.5's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Grok-2 mini's cutoff date.

Claude Haiku 5.5

Jun 2026

Grok-2 mini

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Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Haiku 5.5 and Grok-2 mini side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Haiku 5.5
✓ Preferred
Grok-2 mini
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Grok-2 mini.

Which is better, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Grok-2 mini?

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.0 to 8.6. Claude Haiku 5.5 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 Haiku 5.5 compare to Grok-2 mini in benchmarks?

Claude Haiku 5.5 scores Global-MMLU: 87.8%, MILU: 87.6%, BenchCAD (with Python tool): 87.0%, Chartography: 86.2%, SWE-bench Multilingual: 83.7%. 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 Haiku 5.5 and Grok-2 mini?

Claude Haiku 5.5 supports 1.0M 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 Haiku 5.5 and Grok-2 mini?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (50.0 vs 8.6). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Haiku 5.5 and Grok-2 mini?

Claude Haiku 5.5 is developed by Anthropic and Grok-2 mini is developed by xAI.

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