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Claude Opus 4 vs Grok‑1

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
SpaceXAI
Grok‑1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicSpaceXAI
Release dateMay 22 2025Nov 3 2023
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
34%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
72.5%
Science
GPQA Diamond
79.6%
Timeline
Release gapGrok‑1 shipped 566 days before Claude Opus 4

Which is better: Claude Opus 4 or Grok‑1?

Claude Opus 4 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 566 days before Claude Opus 4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Claude Opus 4 is proprietary, while Grok‑1 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4 and Grok‑1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.

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

Claude Opus 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic. Grok‑1 is an open weight model released by SpaceXAI.

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