Grok 4.6 vs Claude Sonnet 5
| xAI Grok 4.6 | Anthropic Claude Claude Sonnet 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2026-08-13 | 2026-06-30 |