ClaudevsGrok

Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Grok 4.6

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, task quality, and projected cost at higher scale.

Pricing

Side-by-side pricing

Claude Haiku 4.5

Fast / Budget

Grok 4.6

Flagship
Input $/MTok
$1.00
$2.00
Output $/MTok
$5.00
$6.00
Cache discount
90% off
75% off
Context
200K
500K

Quality

Task confidence comparison

Confidence score from zero to one hundred by task type, where higher is better.
Code Generation
72
vs
65
Code Review
70
vs
0
Summarization
82
vs
70
Q&A
86
vs
0
Extraction
88
vs
72
Reasoning
65
vs
91
Classification
90
vs
0
Creative Writing
60
vs
78
Claude Haiku 4.5
Grok 4.6

Guidance

When to use Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Grok 4.6

Choose Claude Haiku 4.5 when...

  • -You need strong extraction (confidence 88 vs 72)
  • -You need strong summarization (confidence 82 vs 70)
  • -You need strong code generation (confidence 72 vs 65)
  • -Cost matters: 50% cheaper on input tokens

Choose Grok 4.6 when...

  • -You need strong reasoning (confidence 91 vs 65)
  • -You need strong creative writing (confidence 78 vs 60)
  • -You need a larger context window (500K vs 200K)

At scale

Cost at scale

Estimated cost assuming a seventy percent input and thirty percent output token split.
Claude Haiku 4.5
Grok 4.6
100K tokens
$0.22Cheaper
$0.32
1M tokens
$2.20Cheaper
$6.40
10M tokens
$22.00Cheaper
$64.00

FAQ

When should I use Claude Haiku 4.5 instead of Grok 4.6?

Claude Haiku 4.5 outperforms Grok 4.6 for Extraction, Summarization, Code Generation. It costs $1.00/$5.00 per million tokens (input/output).

Is Grok 4.6 cheaper than Claude Haiku 4.5?

Grok 4.6 input costs $2.00/MTok, which is 100% more than Claude Haiku 4.5 at $1.00/MTok.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Haiku 4.5 and Grok 4.6?

Claude Haiku 4.5 has a 200K token context window. Grok 4.6 has a 500K token context window.

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