# Claude Opus 4.6 vs Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.6 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-vs-grok-4-1-fast-reasoning
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Opus 4.6 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 | Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 2M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 69.84 | 58.18 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 33 | 1 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 54.6 (Supported · #39/151)
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 66.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 19.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 56.5 (Supported · #40/183)
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) public-lane score: 48.7 (Estimated · #85/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 70.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 65.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 57.57% | 1.20% | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 26.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 59.5 (#28/48)
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) public-lane score: 53.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 51.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 64.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 65.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) public-lane score: 71.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 61.8 (Estimated · #33/181)
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) public-lane score: 51.5 (Estimated · #82/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 14.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 52.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 52.3 (#76/120)
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) public-lane score: 62.8 (#69/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 58.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 99.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 40.700% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 22.900% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Opus 4.6 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.

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