Grok 4.5 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
| xAI Grok 4.5 | Anthropic Claude Claude Sonnet 4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | xAI | Anthropic Claude |
| Context window | 500,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output | 2,000,000 | 128,000 |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| File input | Yes | Yes |
| Input | text, image | text, image, file |
| Output | text | text |
| Released | 2026-07-08 | 2026-02-17 |