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Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Grok Code Fast 1

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
xAI
Grok Code Fast 1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicxAI
Release dateJun 20 2024Aug 28 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
59.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
33.4%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude 3.5 Sonnet shipped 434 days before Grok Code Fast 1

Which is better: Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Grok Code Fast 1?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads Grok Code Fast 1 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude 3.5 Sonnet shipped 434 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.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 3.5 Sonnet released?
Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released by Anthropic on Jun 20 2024.
When was Grok Code Fast 1 released?
Grok Code Fast 1 was released by xAI on Aug 28 2025.

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