Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded)vsGrok Code Fast 1
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) | Grok Code Fast 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins · base tier | ||
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it. | — | $1.00 |
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one. | — | $2.00 |
Cached input priceA reduced rate for text you send over and over. If every request starts with the same instructions or the same document, the provider keeps a copy ready and charges less to read it again. | — | $0.20 |
| Benchmarks | ||
SWE-Bench VerifiedCoding — Real coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 49% | 70.8% |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | SpaceXAI |
| Release date | Oct 22 2024 | Aug 28 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
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Frequently asked questions
Grok Code Fast 1 leads Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). Only Grok Code Fast 1 has a verified first-party API price: $1.00 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded). Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) shipped 310 days before Grok Code Fast 1, 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.
On SWE-Bench Verified, Grok Code Fast 1 leads at 70.8% vs Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) at 49%.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) was released by Anthropic on Oct 22 2024.
Grok Code Fast 1 was released by SpaceXAI on Aug 28 2025.
Grok Code Fast 1 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded) 49% vs Grok Code Fast 1 70.8%.
Only Grok Code Fast 1 has a verified first-party API price: $1.00 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Claude 3.5 Sonnet (upgraded). Rates are pay-as-you-go API prices verified on August 18, 2026.