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Claude Opus 4.1 vs Grok‑1

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1
SpaceXAI
Grok‑1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicSpaceXAI
Release dateAug 5 2025Nov 3 2023
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
43%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
74.5%
Science
GPQA Diamond
80.9%
Timeline
Release gapGrok‑1 shipped 641 days before Claude Opus 4.1

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.1 or Grok‑1?

Claude Opus 4.1 and Grok‑1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Grok‑1 shipped 641 days before Claude Opus 4.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Opus 4.1 is proprietary, while Grok‑1 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4.1 and Grok‑1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4.1 was released by Anthropic on Aug 5 2025.

Grok‑1 was released by SpaceXAI on Nov 3 2023.

Claude Opus 4.1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Grok‑1 is an open weight model released by SpaceXAI.

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