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Claude Opus 4.5 vs Grok 3 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Opus 4.5 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision

Grok 3 Mini wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Grok 3 Mini
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Opus 4.5
Context Window
Claude Opus 4.5
Speed
Grok 3 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.5Grok 3 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Opus 4.5Grok 3 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicXai
ReleasedNov 2025Jun 2025

Claude Opus 4.5 Modalities

Input
fileimagetext
Output
text

Grok 3 Mini Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Grok 3 Mini has cheaper input pricing at $0.25/M tokens. Grok 3 Mini has cheaper output pricing at $0.50/M tokens.
Claude Opus 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 42.9, compared to Grok 3 Mini's score of 25.2.
Claude Opus 4.5 has a 200,000 token context window, while Grok 3 Mini has a 131,072 token context window.
Claude Opus 4.5 supports vision. Grok 3 Mini does not support vision.