AI Model Release Tracker - Timeline of Major AI Models from 2022-2026

Home/Compare/Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Grok Code Fast 1

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Grok Code Fast 1

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6
xAI
Grok Code Fast 1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicxAI
Release dateFeb 17 2026Aug 28 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
89.9%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
79.6%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGrok Code Fast 1 shipped 173 days before Claude Sonnet 4.6

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Grok Code Fast 1?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads Grok Code Fast 1 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Grok Code Fast 1 shipped 173 days before Claude Sonnet 4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Sonnet 4.6 released?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 was released by Anthropic on Feb 17 2026.
When was Grok Code Fast 1 released?
Grok Code Fast 1 was released by xAI on Aug 28 2025.

Other comparisons