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Claude Instant 1.2 vs Grok‑1

Anthropic Claude Instant 1.2 vs xAI Grok‑1 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Instant 1.2
xAI
Grok‑1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicxAI
Release dateAug 9 2023Nov 3 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude Instant 1.2 shipped 86 days before Grok‑1

Which is better: Claude Instant 1.2 or Grok‑1?

Claude Instant 1.2 and Grok‑1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Claude Instant 1.2 shipped 86 days before Grok‑1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Grok‑1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Instant 1.2 is proprietary.

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 Instant 1.2 released?
Claude Instant 1.2 was released by Anthropic on Aug 9 2023.
When was Grok‑1 released?
Grok‑1 was released by xAI on Nov 3 2023.
Is Claude Instant 1.2 or Grok‑1 open source?
Grok‑1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by xAI. Claude Instant 1.2 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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