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Model comparison 2026

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Grok 4.7

Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic · Balanced · Proprietary
$6.60/1M · 1M ctx
Grok 4.7
xAI · Balanced · Proprietary
$3.20/1M · 500K ctx

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Pick a winner in each dimension. You can change your vote any time.

Output Quality
Correctness and depth of what it produces
Agentic Ability
Tool calls, instruction-following, and multi-step tasks
Speed
Tokens per second and time-to-first-token
Value for money
How much capability you get per dollar
Reliability
Consistent results: fewer refusals, loops and format breaks

Specs and pricing side by side

Spec
Sonnet 4.6
Grok 4.7
Maker
Anthropic
xAI
Blended price / 1M
$6.60
$3.20
Input / output
$3.00 in · $15 out / 1M tokens
$2.00 in · $6.00 out / 1M tokens
Context window
1M
500K
Open weights
No
No
Tool use
Yes
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Yes
Output Quality
9.1
9.2
Agentic Ability
9.2
9.0
Speed
8.0
7.8
Value for money
8.0
8.7
Reliability
9.4
8.6

Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).

Verdict: Sonnet 4.6 or Grok 4.7?

Updated 2026-10-13

Choose Claude Sonnet 4.6 if you want the everyday agent default — strong quality without the flagship price. Choose Grok 4.7 if you want output-heavy agent work at a mid-tier price.

In our editorial scoring, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads in 3 of five dimensions (agentic ability, speed and reliability), while Grok 4.7 leads in 2. On price, Claude Sonnet 4.6 runs about $6.60 per 1M tokens (blended) and is proprietary; Grok 4.7 is about $3.20 and proprietary.

Where Sonnet 4.6 falls short
  • Still steps behind Opus on the very hardest tasks
  • Superseded by Claude Sonnet 5.5, which is cheaper ($2/$10) and much stronger
Full Sonnet 4.6 breakdown →
Where Grok 4.7 falls short
  • Prompts of 200K tokens or more cost double
  • Behind the Claude 5.5 and GPT-6 models on Terminal-Bench 4.0
Full Grok 4.7 breakdown →

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