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Claude Opus 4.1 vs Grok‑1

Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 vs xAI Grok‑1 — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1
xAI
Grok‑1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicxAI
Release dateAug 5 2025Nov 3 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
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.

Grok‑1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Opus 4.1 is proprietary.

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

When was Claude Opus 4.1 released?
Claude Opus 4.1 was released by Anthropic on Aug 5 2025.
When was Grok‑1 released?
Grok‑1 was released by xAI on Nov 3 2023.
Is Claude Opus 4.1 or Grok‑1 open source?
Grok‑1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by xAI. Claude Opus 4.1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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