# Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) vs Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) and Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-6-thinking-vs-grok-4-1-fast-reasoning
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) and Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) has the larger published context window at 2M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 2M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 45.44 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 1 | 1 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 46.9 (Estimated · #42/117)
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: 54.2 (Estimated · #33/143)
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) public-lane score: 27.2 (Estimated · #100/143)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) | Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 53.50% | 1.20% | Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) public-lane score: 73.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) public-lane score: 54.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) public-lane score: 41.4 (Estimated · #95/169)

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) public-lane score: 61.6 (#73/124)

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) and Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) vs Claude Opus 4.6](/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-claude-opus-4-6-thinking)
- [Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) vs Claude Opus 4.6](/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-grok-4-1-fast-reasoning)
- [Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) vs Grok 4.1 Fast](/compare/claude-opus-4-6-thinking-vs-grok-4-1-fast)
- [Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) vs Grok 4.1 Fast](/compare/grok-4-1-fast-vs-grok-4-1-fast-reasoning)

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- [Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) profile](/models/claude-opus-4-6-thinking)
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