# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Grok 4.6

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Grok 4.6 in 5 of 8 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Long context, Vision, and Factuality.

Claude Sonnet 4.6: $6 per 1M blended tokens.

Grok 4.6: $3 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Sonnet 4.6: closed weights.

Grok 4.6: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Grok 4.6 in General LLM at #38 against #61.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Grok 4.6 in Reasoning at #20 against #55.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.6 leads Claude Sonnet 4.6 in Science at #10 against #50.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.6 leads Claude Sonnet 4.6 in Coding › Web dev at #22 against #43.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Grok 4.6 in Long context at #21 against #48.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Grok 4.6 in Vision at #23 against #24.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Grok 4.6 in Factuality at #38 against #62.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.6 leads Claude Sonnet 4.6 in Abstraction (ARC) at #20 against #23.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a former state-of-the-art holder in Long context (since Mar 19, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 4.6 is ranked #10 in Science (since Oct 15, 2026; sources GPQA Diamond; methodology v1.0).