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Claude Haiku 4.5vsGrok 4.20 Reasoning
Grok 4.20 Reasoning leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Grok 4.20 Reasoning is 1.6x cheaper per token. Grok 4.20 Reasoning has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 3
Grok 4.20 Reasoning leads
Cheaper per token
Grok 4.20 Reasoning
1.6x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Grok 4.20 Reasoning
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Anthropic · xAI
Claude Haiku 4.5
Anthropic · released 2025-10-15
textvision
Grok 4.20 Reasoning
xAI · released 2026-03-09
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
3 shared · 1 only Claude Haiku 4.5 · 2 only Grok 4.20 Reasoning| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Grok 4.20 Reasoning | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 3 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 71.2% ↗epoch | 89.3% ↗epoch | -18.1 pt | Grok 4.20 Reasoning |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 66.7% ↗epoch | 92.2% ↗epoch | -25.5 pt | Grok 4.20 Reasoning |
| SimpleQA Verified | 13.2% ↗epoch | 30.2% ↗epoch | -17 pt | Grok 4.20 Reasoning |
| Only Claude Haiku 4.5 reports · 1 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Grok 4.20 Reasoning reports · 2 | ||||
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 17.1% ↗epoch | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 44.9% ↗epoch | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Claude Haiku 4.5 minus Grok 4.20 Reasoning in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Grok 4.20 Reasoning | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 200K tokens | 1M tokens | Grok 4.20 Reasoning |
| Max output | 64K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1 ↗ | $1.25 ↗ | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| Output price / 1M | $5 ↗ | $2.5 ↗ | Grok 4.20 Reasoning |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.1 ↗ | $0.2 ↗ | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $6 | $3.75 | Grok 4.20 Reasoning |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2025-10-15 | 2026-03-09 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 4 | 5 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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