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Claude 3 Opus vs Grok 4.5

Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus
SpaceXAI
Grok 4.5
Overview
CompanyAnthropicSpaceXAI
Release dateMar 4 2024Jul 8 2026
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Benchmarks
Agentic coding
SWE-Bench Pro
64.7%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
33%
Multilingual coding
SWE-Bench Multilingual
78%
Agentic coding
DeepSWE 1.0
62%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.1
83.3%
Science
GPQA Diamond
50.4%
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3 Opus shipped 856 days before Grok 4.5

Which is better: Claude 3 Opus or Grok 4.5?

Claude 3 Opus and Grok 4.5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude 3 Opus shipped 856 days before Grok 4.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude 3 Opus and Grok 4.5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude 3 Opus was released by Anthropic on Mar 4 2024.

Grok 4.5 was released by SpaceXAI on Jul 8 2026.

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