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Claude Opus 4.1 vs Grok Code Fast 1

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1
xAI
Grok Code Fast 1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicxAI
Release dateAug 5 2025Aug 28 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
80.9%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
74.5%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapClaude Opus 4.1 shipped 23 days before Grok Code Fast 1

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.1 or Grok Code Fast 1?

Claude Opus 4.1 leads Grok Code Fast 1 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Claude Opus 4.1 shipped 23 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 Opus 4.1 released?
Claude Opus 4.1 was released by Anthropic on Aug 5 2025.
When was Grok Code Fast 1 released?
Grok Code Fast 1 was released by xAI on Aug 28 2025.

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