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Claude Code vs Grok Build

Compared only on public benchmark results, across the 1 task where both are listed: Claude Code is a tier higher in 1 of 1 shared task.

Claude Code

Anthropic's agentic coding tool for terminal, IDEs, desktop, web, mobile and Slack that reads, edits and runs code.

Vendor
Anthropic
Kind
Agents
Runs
Cloud
Price
From $20/mo
Skill level
Intermediate: some setup or configuration
Open source
No
Last verified
18 Oct 2026

Alternatives to Claude Code

Grok Build

xAI's terminal coding agent with plan mode, subagents and plugins for Grok models; included in the Cursor/Grok plans.

Vendor
SpaceXAI (xAI)
Kind
Agents
Runs
Cloud
Price
Free tier · from $8/mo
Skill level
Intermediate: some setup or configuration
Open source
Yes
Last verified
18 Oct 2026

Task by task

TaskClaude CodeGrok BuildHigher tier
Coding
Coding agents
S68 on Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index (v1.5) · CloudB56 on Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index (v1.5) · CloudClaude Code

A tier spans a range of scores, and small gaps on a leaderboard are often within its margin of error, so only a different tier counts as ahead. How we rank.

Same benchmark, both results

BenchmarkClaude CodeGrok BuildSnapshot
Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index (v1.5)
Composite index: equal-weight mean of pass@1 (3 attempts/task) on DeepSWE v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 and SWE-Atlas-QnA, per agent + model, higher is better
685618 Oct 2026
Terminal-Bench 3.0
Accuracy: share of terminal tasks solved by an agent harness + model pair, higher is better
34%26.5%18 Oct 2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0
Accuracy: share of terminal tasks solved by an agent harness + model pair, higher is better
64.8%37.6%18 Oct 2026