Grok 2 is 87% cheaper than Claude 3 Opus on blended 3:1 token pricing. Grok 2 costs $2.00/1M in and $10.00/1M out, while Claude 3 Opus costs $15.00/1M in and $75.00/1M out.
Grok 2 vs Claude 3 Opus
Compare verified input/output token rates, prompt caching discounts, latency tiers, and context limits between xAI and Anthropic.
| Metric / Feature | Grok 2 (xAI) | Claude 3 Opus (Anthropic) |
|---|---|---|
| Input Price ($ / 1M Tokens) | $2.00 | $15.00 |
| Output Price ($ / 1M Tokens) | $10.00 | $75.00 |
| Prompt Caching Input Rate | Not Available | $1.500/1M |
| Blended 3:1 Rate (Production) | $4.000 / 1M | $30.000 / 1M |
| Max Context Window | 131k | 128k |
| Multimodal Vision | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported |
| MMLU Benchmark | 87.5% | 86.8% |
| Throughput & Latency | Fast (~45 t/s) | Standard (~22 t/s) |
| Best For | Real-time news synthesis, coding, uncensored creative reasoning | Deep academic research, philosophical analysis, complex multi-document synthesis |
When to Choose Grok 2
Choose Grok 2 if your workload requires real-time news synthesis, coding, uncensored creative reasoning. Ideal for teams needing xAI's infrastructure and ecosystem tooling.
When to Choose Claude 3 Opus
Choose Claude 3 Opus if your primary objective is deep academic research, philosophical analysis, complex multi-document synthesis. Ideal for scaling high-throughput pipelines with Anthropic.
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