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  5. Claude Opus 5.5vsGrok 3 Mini Beta
Updated Sep 2026

Claude Opus 5.5vsGrok 3 Mini Beta

Grok 3 Mini Beta is cheaper than Claude Opus 5.5 at $0.4/M vs $4/M input tokens.

Claude Opus 5.5 and Grok 3 Mini Beta compared across 5 shared prompts
SpecClaude Opus 5.5Grok 3 Mini Beta
Input price$4/M tokens$0.4/M tokens
Output price$20/M tokens$0.8/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens131K tokens
WeightsClosed—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Apr 2025
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 5.5
Claude Opus 5.5
Grok 3 Mini Beta
Grok 3 Mini BetaRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Opus 5.5 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.

Grok 3 Mini Beta costs 25x less per token.

Slight edge
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude Opus 5.5
Input
$4.00
Output
$20.00
Grok 3 Mini Beta
Input
$0.40
10× cheaper
Output
$0.80
25× cheaper

Grok 3 Mini Beta is cheaper on both: 10× input, 25× output.

Where to run it

4 hosts

Claude Opus 5.54 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Amazon Bedrock$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·99.8% upAzure AI Foundry$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·100% upAnthropic$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·100% upGoogle Vertex AI$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·100% up
Grok 3 Mini Beta

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 25 Sep 2026.

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Claude Opus 5.5 is developed by Anthropic while Grok 3 Mini Beta is developed by xAI. Claude Opus 5.5 has a 1.0M token context window vs Grok 3 Mini Beta's 131K. You can compare their actual outputs across 5 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Claude Opus 5.5 and Grok 3 Mini Beta each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 5 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Claude Opus 5.5 costs $4/M input tokens and Grok 3 Mini Beta costs $0.4/M input tokens. Grok 3 Mini Beta is $3.60/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 5.5 and Grok 3 Mini Beta 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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