Claude Sonnet 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) by Anthropic or Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) by SpaceXAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Depends on your budget
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (High, Default Fallba… scores 32.8 points higher (46.8 vs 14.0) but costs 4.1× as much to run the benchmark ($1027 vs $250; premium vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Claude Sonnet 5.5 (High, Default Fallba… when you need intelligence above 14.0, and Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) when 14.0 is enough.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) | Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 46.8 | 14.0 | −70.1% Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoni… is 70.1% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,027.40 | $250.37 | −75.6% Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoni… is 75.6% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 16.86s | 5.86s | −65.2% Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoni… is 65.2% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $10.0 | $1.25 / $2.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) vs Claude Sonnet 5.5 (High, Default Fallback): 70.1% less intelligence, 75.6% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 65.2% faster end-to-end.
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
- Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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