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Claude Opus 4.8 vs Grok 4.20

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AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8

Anthropic's most capable Opus yet, built for long-horizon autonomous agents and frontier coding.

891M ctx$5.00/$25.00 per M#4/92
xAIGrok 4.20

xAI's newest flagship model with industry-leading speed and agentic tool calling.

862M ctx$1.25/$2.50 per M#12/92
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Benchmarks
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AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8
Reasoning
AgenticInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch ECI·Epoch AI·Provider·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Smarter
Capability
CapabilityECI89.2
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science91.0%Factual Recall39.5%
Math
Competition Math98.3%Research Math47.2%
Coding
Real-World Coding88.6%
Agentic
Terminal Tasks—Novel Reasoning72.1%
xAIGrok 4.20
Reasoning
CodingInsufficient data
ReasoningInsufficient data
MathInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch ECI·Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Cheaper
Capability
CapabilityECI85.7
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science—Factual Recall—
Math
Competition Math—Research Math—
Coding
Real-World Coding—
Agentic
Terminal Tasks57.3%Novel Reasoning65.1%
Specs
AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8
1M
Context
128K
Max output
May 2026
Released
xAIGrok 4.20
2M
Context
16K
Max output
Mar 2026
Released
Capabilities
AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
xAIGrok 4.20
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Pricing
AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$5.00/M tokens
Output$25.00/M tokens
Cache read$0.50/M tokens
Cache write$6.25/M tokens
Web search$0.01/search
xAIGrok 4.20
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$1.25/M tokens
Output$2.50/M tokens
Cache read$0.20/M tokens
Web search$0.005/search
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Frequently Asked Questions: Claude Opus 4.8 vs Grok 4.20▼

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.8 or Grok 4.20?

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Based on the Capability Index, Claude Opus 4.8 scores higher (89.2 vs 85.7). However, "better" depends on your use case — pricing, speed, context window, and specific capability needs all matter.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.8 or Grok 4.20?

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Grok 4.20 has a lower blended cost. Claude Opus 4.8: $5.00 input / $25.00 output. Grok 4.20: $1.25 input / $2.50 output.

Which has a larger context window, Claude Opus 4.8 or Grok 4.20?

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Grok 4.20 has a larger context window: Claude Opus 4.8 supports 1M tokens vs Grok 4.20 at 2M tokens.

Do both Claude Opus 4.8 and Grok 4.20 support vision?

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Yes, both Claude Opus 4.8 and Grok 4.20 support vision/image input.

What are the key differences between Claude Opus 4.8 and Grok 4.20?

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Key differences: Grok 4.20 is significantly cheaper. Compare full specs on this page.

Which model should I choose for my use case?

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If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Claude Opus 4.8 and Grok 4.20 for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.

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