Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) vs Grok 4.6 (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) by Anthropic or Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) by SpaceXAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
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Verdict
Depends on your budget
Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) scores 0.8 points higher (44.2 vs 43.4) but costs 6.8× as much to run the benchmark ($2242 vs $330; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) when you need intelligence above 43.4, and Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) when 43.4 is enough.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) | Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 43.4 | 44.2 | +1.8% Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) is 1.8% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $330.25 | $2,241.91 | +578.9% Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) is 6.8× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 347.67s | 40.33s | −88.4% Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) is 88.4% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max): 1.8% more intelligence, 578.9% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 88.4% faster end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
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