ClaudevsGrok

Claude Haiku 5.5 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 5.5

Fast / Budget

Grok 4.6

Flagship
Input $/MTok
$0.10
$2.00
Output $/MTok
$0.50
$6.00
Cache discount
90% off
75% off
Context
1M
500K

Quality

Task confidence comparison

Confidence score from zero to one hundred by task type, where higher is better.
Code Generation
0
vs
65
Code Review
0
vs
0
Summarization
0
vs
70
Q&A
0
vs
0
Extraction
0
vs
72
Reasoning
0
vs
91
Classification
0
vs
0
Creative Writing
0
vs
78
Claude Haiku 5.5
Grok 4.6

Guidance

When to use Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Grok 4.6

Choose Claude Haiku 5.5 when...

  • -Cost matters: 95% cheaper on input tokens
  • -You need a larger context window (1M vs 500K)

Choose Grok 4.6 when...

  • Similar performance; consider provider preference or ecosystem fit.

At scale

Cost at scale

Estimated cost assuming a seventy percent input and thirty percent output token split.
Claude Haiku 5.5
Grok 4.6
100K tokens
$0.02Cheaper
$0.32
1M tokens
$1.10Cheaper
$6.40
10M tokens
$11.00Cheaper
$64.00

FAQ

When should I use Claude Haiku 5.5 instead of Grok 4.6?

Claude Haiku 5.5 and Grok 4.6 perform similarly across all tracked tasks. Pick based on pricing and provider preference.

Is Grok 4.6 cheaper than Claude Haiku 5.5?

Grok 4.6 input costs $2.00/MTok, which is 1900% more than Claude Haiku 5.5 at $0.10/MTok.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Haiku 5.5 and Grok 4.6?

Claude Haiku 5.5 has a 1M token context window. Grok 4.6 has a 500K token context window.

Track your real costs

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