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Updated Mar 2026

Claude Opus 4vsGrok 4.20 Beta

Grok 4.20 Beta is cheaper than Claude Opus 4 at $2/M vs $15/M input tokens.

Claude Opus 4 and Grok 4.20 Beta compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecClaude Opus 4Grok 4.20 Beta
Input price$15/M tokens$2/M tokens
Output price$75/M tokens$6/M tokens
Context window200K tokens2.0M tokens
WeightsClosedClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMay 2025Mar 2026
Our Verdict
Grok 4.20 Beta
Grok 4.20 Beta
Claude Opus 4
Claude Opus 4Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Grok 4.20 Beta has the edge: newer, bigger context window.

Grok 4.20 Beta costs 13x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude Opus 4
Input
$15.00
Output
$75.00
Grok 4.20 Beta
Input
$2.00
7.5× cheaper
Output
$6.00
13× cheaper

Grok 4.20 Beta is cheaper on both: 7.5× input, 13× output.

Where to run it

2 hosts

Claude Opus 41 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Google Vertex AI$15.00 in·$75.00 out·200k·100% up
Grok 4.20 Beta1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
xAI$1.25 in·$2.50 out·2M·99.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
25%

Claude Opus 4 uses 118.4x more emoji

Claude Opus 4
Grok 4.20 Beta
65%Vocabulary57%
57wSentence Length20w
0.67Hedging0.35
3.8Bold4.2
6.8Lists3.7
1.18Emoji0.00
1.42Headings0.62
0.22Transitions0.14
Based on 27 + 23 text responses
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