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Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Grok 4.20

At a glance

Anthropic's Sonnet-class model for well-scoped everyday work, a direct upgrade over Claude Sonnet 5.

1M ctx$2.00/$10.00 per M

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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Reasoning
CodingInsufficient data
AgenticInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-10-02
Capability
Capability—
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science95.6%Factual Recall46.5%
Math
Competition Math100.0%
Agentic
Terminal Tasks—Novel Reasoning—
Reasoning
CodingInsufficient data
ReasoningInsufficient data
MathInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch ECI·Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-10-02
Cheaper61%
Capability
CapabilityECI85.7
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science—Factual Recall—
Math
Competition Math—
Agentic
Terminal Tasks57.3%Novel Reasoning65.1%
Specs
1M
Context
128K
Max output
Sep 2026
Released
2M
Context
128K
Max output
Mar 2026
Released
Capabilities
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Pricing
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$2.00/M tokens
Output$10.00/M tokens
Cache read$0.20/M tokens
Cache write$2.50/M tokens
Web search$0.01/search
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input38%$1.25/M tokens
Output75%$2.50/M tokens
Cache read$0.20/M tokens
Web search50%$0.005/search
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Frequently Asked Questions: Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Grok 4.20▼

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Grok 4.20?

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Both Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Grok 4.20 are capable AI models. The best choice depends on your specific use case: consider pricing, context window, speed, and which capabilities (vision, reasoning, audio) you need.

Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Grok 4.20?

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Grok 4.20 has a lower blended cost. Claude Sonnet 5.5: $2.00 input / $10.00 output. Grok 4.20: $1.25 input / $2.50 output.

Which has a larger context window, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Grok 4.20?

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Grok 4.20 has a larger context window: Claude Sonnet 5.5 supports 1M tokens vs Grok 4.20 at 2M tokens.

Do both Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Grok 4.20 support vision?

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Yes, both Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Grok 4.20 support vision/image input.

What are the key differences between Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Grok 4.20?

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Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Grok 4.20 have similar overall capabilities. The main differences lie in pricing, context window size, and provider-specific strengths. Use this comparison page to review all metrics side by side.

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 Sonnet 5.5 and Grok 4.20 for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.

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