Claude Opus 4.6 vs Grok-4 Heavy
Claude Opus 4.6 and Grok-4 Heavy are closely matched at 44.9 and 40.7 on the LLM Stats Score.
Anthropic · xAI · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Claude Opus 4.6 and Grok-4 Heavy are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 44.9 and 40.7.
In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude Opus 4.6 wins 2; 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 Opus 4.6
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 3 exact shared results
Choose Grok-4 Heavy
- you are already invested in the xAI ecosystem
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
27 reported for Claude Opus 4.6 · 6 for Grok-4 Heavy
Claude Opus 4.6 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam), while Grok-4 Heavy is better at 1 benchmark (AIME 2025).
Claude Opus 4.6 shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Claude Opus 4.6 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Opus 4.6 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Both Claude Opus 4.6 and Grok-4 Heavy support multimodal inputs.
They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.
Claude Opus 4.6
Grok-4 Heavy
License
Usage and distribution terms
Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.
Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.
Proprietary
Closed source
Proprietary
Closed source
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Claude Opus 4.6 was released on 2026-02-05, while Grok-4 Heavy's release date is not specified.
We can confirm Claude Opus 4.6's release timeline, but cannot make a direct age comparison without Grok-4 Heavy's release date.
Feb 5, 2026
7 months ago
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Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Grok-4 Heavy has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-12-31, while Claude Opus 4.6's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Grok-4 Heavy's training data extends to 2024-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude Opus 4.6's cutoff date.
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Dec 2024
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Claude Opus 4.6 and Grok-4 Heavy side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Claude Opus 4.6 vs Grok-4 Heavy.