Claude Opus 4.6 vs Grok 3 Mini

Compare Anthropic and xAI AI models

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
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xAI
Grok 3 Mini
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Cost Comparison (1000 input + 500 output tokens, 100 requests/day)

Claude Opus 4.6

Per Request:$0.0175
Daily:$1.75
Monthly:$52.50
Yearly:$638.75

Grok 3 Mini

Per Request:$0.000550
Daily:$0.055
Monthly:$1.65
Yearly:$20.075

Cost Differences

$0.01695
Per Request
$1.695
Daily
$50.85
Monthly
$618.675
Yearly

Grok 3 Mini costs less than Claude Opus 4.6

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude Opus 4.6Grok 3 Mini
ProviderAnthropicxAI
Input Price$5.00/1M tokens$0.50/1M tokens
Output Price$25.00/1M tokens$0.50/1M tokens
Context Window200,000 tokens128,000 tokens
Max Output128,000 tokens131,072 tokens
Categoryflagshipefficient
Capabilities
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Release Date2/5/20262/17/2025

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Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic)

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