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Claude Opus 5 vs Grok-2 mini

Claude Opus 5 leads the LLM Stats Score 54.6 to 8.6.

Anthropic · xAI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Opus 5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 54.6 to 8.6, ranking #5 overall.

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

Choose Claude Opus 5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 54.6 and ranks #5 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jul 2026

Choose Grok-2 mini

  • you are already invested in the xAI ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Opus 5
Anthropic
Grok-2 mini
xAI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
54.6
#5
8.6
#277
Reasoning
53.6
#4
8.2
#274
Coding
42.0
#9
5.9
#194
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
$5.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$25.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Claude Opus 5
Grok-2 mini
Vision
37.9#4
5.8#149
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

13 reported for Claude Opus 5 · 8 for Grok-2 mini

No common benchmarks found

Claude Opus 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 Opus 5 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Opus 5 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Opus 5
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
xAI
Grok-2 mini
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Sep 21 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude Opus 5 and Grok-2 mini support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude Opus 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 Opus 5

Proprietary

Closed source

Grok-2 mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 5 was released on 2026-07-24, while Grok-2 mini was released on 2024-08-13.

Claude Opus 5 is 24 months newer than Grok-2 mini.

Claude Opus 5

Jul 24, 2026

1 months ago

1.9yr newer
Grok-2 mini

Aug 13, 2024

2.1 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.

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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 5 vs Grok-2 mini.

Which is better, Claude Opus 5 or Grok-2 mini?

Claude Opus 5 leads the LLM Stats Score 54.6 to 8.6. Claude Opus 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 Opus 5 compare to Grok-2 mini in benchmarks?

Claude Opus 5 scores BrowseComp: 90.8%, BioMysteryBench: 90.1%, OSWorld 2.0: 70.6%, DeepSWE 1.1: 68.8%, Humanity's Last Exam: 64.7%. 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 Opus 5 and Grok-2 mini?

Claude Opus 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 Opus 5 and Grok-2 mini?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (54.6 vs 8.6). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Opus 5 and Grok-2 mini?

Claude Opus 5 is developed by Anthropic and Grok-2 mini is developed by xAI.

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