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  5. Claude Opus 4.1vsGrok 4.7
Updated Sep 2026

Claude Opus 4.1vsGrok 4.7

Grok 4.7 is cheaper than Claude Opus 4.1 at $1.6/M vs $15/M input tokens.

Claude Opus 4.1 and Grok 4.7 compared across 10 shared prompts
SpecClaude Opus 4.1Grok 4.7
Input price$15/M tokens$1.6/M tokens
Output price$75/M tokens$4.8/M tokens
Context window200K tokens500K tokens
WeightsClosedClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedAug 2025Sep 2026
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Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 5 of the 10 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

Claude Opus 4.1200 words
Midnight Velvet Pasta A silky, umami-rich pasta that comes together like magic Ingredients (serves 4): Spaghetti or linguine - 1 pound Soy sauce - 3 tablespoons Butter - 4 tablespoons Garlic - 4 cloves Black pepper - 1 teaspoon (freshly cracked) Honey - 1 tablespoon Dried red pepper flakes - ½ teaspoon Instructions…
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Grok 4.7129 words
Pantry Gold Honey Biscuits A sweet, buttery, slightly salty biscuit that tastes like it took more effort than it did. Ingredients (7) 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tbsp baking powder ½ tsp salt ¼ cup sugar ½ cup butter (cold) ¾ cup milk 2 tbsp honey Time: about 10 minutes prep, 12–15 minutes bake Instructions Heat the…
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Debug This Architecture

Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…

Claude Opus 4.1538 words
Critical Issues Analysis Split-Brain Real-time Synchronization Problem: Users connected to different API servers experience 2+ second delays due to polling mechanism, creating divergent document states and poor collaboration experience.
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Grok 4.71,399 words
This design will lose edits, split users into inconsistent views, and fall over under concurrent writing. The core problems are clock-based conflict resolution, per-server WebSocket fan-out, polling as the sync path, and treating documents as full HTML snapshots.
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Startup Pitch Teardown

Here's a pitch deck summary for a startup called "MindMeld AI": **Slide 1 - Vision:** "We're building the future of human-AI collaboration.…

Claude Opus 4.1396 words
Here are the three weakest claims in the MindMeld AI pitch: "94% accuracy" for EEG-based text prediction (Slide 3) Why it's weak: Current state-of-the-art non-invasive EEG systems struggle to achieve even 70% accuracy for simple binary choices, let alone complex text prediction Academic research shows consumer-grade…
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Grok 4.7599 words
Three weakest claims 1. “Predict what you want to type before you think it” (Slide 1) This is scientifically incoherent, not just ambitious. Non-invasive EEG decodes neural activity that is already underway (motor imagery, attempted speech, attention).
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

Claude Opus 4.1751 words
For the Software Engineer Think of an LLM as a massive distributed system where instead of routing requests or managing state, you're computing probability distributions over a vocabulary of ~50,000 tokens.
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Grok 4.71,173 words
1. Experienced software engineer An LLM is a stateless function from a token sequence to a probability distribution over the next token. Training is a giant batch job: you stream text, run a forward pass, compare the predicted distribution to the actual next token with cross-entropy, and push gradients through billions…
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Beginner's Longevity Plan

Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas…

Claude Opus 4.1414 words
Your 1-Month Health & Longevity Kickstart Plan Week 1-2: Foundation Building Start small and build consistency with these three pillars: 🥗 NUTRITION: Simple Whole Foods Week 1: Add one serving of vegetables to lunch and dinner (frozen veggies count!)
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Grok 4.7442 words
1-month beginner plan for better health and longevity Focus on three foundations: nutrition, movement, and sleep. Aim for consistency over perfection. If you have a medical condition, check with a clinician before big changes. Week-by-week rhythm Week 1: Build awareness and one easy habit in each area.
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Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.1
Claude Opus 4.1
Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Grok 4.7 costs 16x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude Opus 4.1
Input
$15.00
Output
$75.00
Grok 4.7
Input
$1.60
9.4× cheaper
Output
$4.80
16× cheaper

Grok 4.7 is cheaper on both: 9.4× input, 16× output.

Where to run it

2 hosts

Claude Opus 4.11 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Amazon Bedrock$15.00 in·$75.00 out·200k·100% up
Grok 4.71 host
HostInOutContextUptime
xAI$1.60 in·$4.80 out·500k·98.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

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Claude Opus 4.1 is developed by Anthropic while Grok 4.7 is developed by xAI. Claude Opus 4.1 has a 200K token context window vs Grok 4.7's 500K. You can compare their actual outputs across 10 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Claude Opus 4.1 and Grok 4.7 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 10 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Claude Opus 4.1 costs $15/M input tokens and Grok 4.7 costs $1.6/M input tokens. Grok 4.7 is $13.40/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Claude Opus 4.1 and Grok 4.7 across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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