# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Grok 2 mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Grok 2 mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-grok-2-mini
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Grok 2 mini share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the larger published context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Grok 2 mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | Unknown |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 55.63 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 43.6 (Supported · #58/124)
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Grok 2 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 65.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 62.92% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 57.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 45 (Supported · #52/149)
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Grok 2 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 51.48% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 24.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HumanEval | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 62.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Grok 2 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 58.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 58.7 (#45/54)
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Grok 2 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 63.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 54.7 (Supported · #61/181)
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Grok 2 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | 51% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | 72% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| HLE | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 48 (#89/128)
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Grok 2 mini?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, 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 Sonnet 4.6 vs Grok 2](/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-grok-2)
- [Grok 2 mini vs Grok 2](/compare/grok-2-vs-grok-2-mini)
- [Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-claude-sonnet-4-6)
- [Grok 2 mini vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-grok-2-mini)

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