Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Grok 3

Compare Claude Sonnet 4.5 by Anthropic against Grok 3 by xAI, context windows of 200K vs 128K, tested across 42 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Grok 3?

Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Grok 3 are both competitive models. Context windows: 200K vs 128K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.

Key Differences Between Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Grok 3

Claude Sonnet 4.5 is made by anthropic while Grok 3 is from xai. Claude Sonnet 4.5 has a 200K token context window compared to Grok 3's 128K.

Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Grok 3
Grok 3

No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.

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Similarity
80%

Claude Sonnet 4.5 uses 11.5x more emoji

Claude Sonnet 4.5
Grok 3
64%Vocabulary49%
94wSentence Length18w
0.48Hedging0.94
4.9Bold2.5
8.0Lists3.0
0.45Emoji0.04
1.91Headings0.65
0.07Transitions0.08
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