Claude 4 Sonnet (Non-reasoning) vs Grok 4

Comparing 2 AI models · 6 benchmarks · Anthropic, xAI

Most Affordable
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Claude 4 Sonnet (Non-reasoning)
$3.00/1M
Highest Intelligence
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Grok 4
87.7% GPQA
Best for Coding
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Grok 4
55.1 Coding Index
Price Difference
1.0x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

6 tests
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Claude 4 Sonnet (Non-reasoning)

0

No clear wins

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Grok 4

6
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • MATH 500
  • AIME 2025
Metric
Anthropic logo Claude 4 Sonnet (Non-reasoning)
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xAI logo Grok 4
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Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $3.00/1M $3.00/1M
Output Cost $15.00/1M $15.00/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$6.00/1M $6.00/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
Anthropic xAI
Release Date Launch date
May 22, 2025 Jul 10, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
58.0 tok/s 37.2 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
1551ms 9172ms
Latency Time to first answer token
1551ms 9172ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
44.4 65.3
Coding Index Programming ability
35.9 55.1
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
38.0 92.7
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
68.3% 87.7%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
83.7% 86.6%
HLE Hard language evaluation
4.0% 23.9%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
44.9% 81.9%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
93.4% 99.0%
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
38.0% 92.7%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
40.7% 94.3%
SciCode Scientific code generation
37.3% 45.7%
LCR Code review capability
44.3% 68.0%
IFBench Instruction-following
45.4% 53.7%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
52.3% 74.9%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
25.5% 37.6%

Key Takeaways

Claude 4 Sonnet (Non-reasoning) offers the best value at $3.00/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Grok 4 leads in reasoning capabilities with a 87.7% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

Grok 4 achieves a 55.1 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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Claude 4 Sonnet (Non-reasoning)

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
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Grok 4

  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development

Cost Calculator

Anthropic logo Claude 4 Sonnet (Non-reasoning)
$0.00
per month
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per month

Costs are estimates based on API pricing. Actual costs may vary based on caching, batch processing, and volume discounts.