Claude Opus 4.6vsGrok 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6 | Grok 4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 87% | — |
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 80.8% | — |
Agentic coding CursorBench v3.2Cursor's own test of harder, real-world coding tasks inside a code editor, on the refreshed v3.2 task set. Scores aren't comparable with v3.1. Higher is better. | — | 69.9% |
Agentic coding DeepSWE 1.1Artificial Analysis' independent test of deep, agentic software-engineering work — the AI has to plan and carry out substantial coding tasks end to end. (Version 1.1 of the test.) Higher is better. | — | 65.9% |
Agentic coding FrontierCode v1.1 (Extended) · extended splitfrontier-difficulty agentic coding tasks (v1.1, extended split) | — | 61.3% |
Expert software engineering APEX-SWEexpert-level software-engineering tasks (AI Productivity Index) | — | 56.4% |
Next.js coding Next.js EvalsVercel's open eval of how well AI coding agents build and migrate real Next.js apps — measured as the share of tasks the agent completes successfully. Higher is better. | 75% | — |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 3.0command-line task completion (v3.0, much harder task set) | — | 26% |
Expert agentic work APEX-Agentsexpert-level agentic work tasks (AI Productivity Index) | — | 57.5% |
Web browsing BrowseCompCan the AI browse the web and track down hard-to-find answers? Higher is better. | 83.7% | — |
Multidisciplinary reasoning Humanity's Last Exam · with toolsHumanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects. “With tools” means the AI is allowed to search the web or run code while answering. Higher is better. | 53% | — |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 91.3% | — |
Agentic legal work Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkHarvey's test of whether an AI agent can complete real legal work — drafting and reviewing documents, working with spreadsheets and presentations, and navigating files the way a lawyer's assistant would. Higher is better. | — | 15.8% |
Overall intelligence AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis composite intelligence index across evals | — | 61 |
Knowledge work GDPval-AA v2economically valuable knowledge work (v2, re-based Elo) | — | 1753 |
Knowledge work AA-BriefcaseArtificial Analysis agentic office-work eval (Elo) | — | 1577 |
Community preference Arena Elo (Text)Real people chat with two anonymous AIs side by side and vote for the answer they prefer. Votes become a chess-style Elo rating on arena.ai — it measures which AI people actually like, not test scores. Higher is better. | 1504 | — |
Community preference (code) Arena Elo (Code)Like the text arena, but people vote on which AI writes better code. The votes become a chess-style Elo rating on arena.ai. Higher is better. | 1543 | — |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Anthropic | SpaceXAI |
| Release date | Feb 5 2026 | Aug 12 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
Which is better: Claude Opus 4.6 or Grok 4.6?
Claude Opus 4.6 and Grok 4.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Opus 4.6 shipped 188 days before Grok 4.6, 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 — Claude Opus 4.6 and Grok 4.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Claude Opus 4.6 was released by Anthropic on Feb 5 2026.
Grok 4.6 was released by SpaceXAI on Aug 12 2026.
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