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Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Grok 3 Beta

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode

Grok 3 Beta wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics
Price Advantage
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Benchmark Advantage
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Context Window
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Speed
Claude Sonnet 4.6

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Sonnet 4.6Grok 3 Beta
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude Sonnet 4.6Grok 3 Beta
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicXai
ReleasedFeb 2026Apr 2025

Claude Sonnet 4.6 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Grok 3 Beta Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Claude Sonnet 4.6 has cheaper input pricing at $3.00/M tokens. Claude Sonnet 4.6 has cheaper output pricing at $15.00/M tokens.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while Grok 3 Beta has a 131,072 token context window.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 supports vision. Grok 3 Beta does not support vision.