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Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4.6

VS
xAI

Grok 4.3

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

👑 Editorial Verdict: Grok 4.3 strictly dominates Claude Sonnet 4.6 across all major dimensions. It is not only more cost-effective (blended cost of $1.56 vs $6.00 per 1M tokens) but also delivers superior coding accuracy (0% vs 0% on SWE-bench) and faster generation speeds (209 tps vs 54.3 tps). Unless you have platform lock-in, Grok 4.3 is the clear and optimal choice for all development workloads.

Model Specs

Claude Sonnet 4.6

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
79.9%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$6.00Input: $3.00 | Output: $15.00
Speed
54.3 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
Model Specs

Grok 4.3

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+10.2%)
90.1%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)3.8x cheaper
$1.56Input: $1.25 | Output: $2.50
Speed3.8x faster
209 tps
Context Window
1M tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions

Grok 4.3 is cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.6. Grok 4.3 has a blended cost of $1.56/1M tokens, which is about 3.8x cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $6.00/1M tokens.

Grok 4.3 is faster than Claude Sonnet 4.6. Grok 4.3 generates 209 tokens per second (tps) compared to Claude Sonnet 4.6 which generates 54.3 tokens per second.

Coding benchmark scores are not currently recorded for these models.

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