Model comparison
Claude Mythos 5.1 vs Grok 4.3
Compare Claude Mythos 5.1 vs Grok 4.3 API pricing: input/output token costs, cache pricing, context windows, workload estimates, and routing fit.
Claude Mythos 5.1
anthropic · claude-mythos-5-1
- Input
- $10
- Output
- $50
- Context
- 1M
Grok 4.3
xai · grok-4.3
- Input
- $1.25
- Output
- $2.5
- Context
- 1M
Quick take
Grok 4.3 has the lower input price at $1.25 per 1M input tokens. Grok 4.3 is cheaper for the example blended workload below. Claude Mythos 5.1 has the larger context window at 1M tokens.
Choose Claude Mythos 5.1 if...
- Claude Mythos 5.1 gives more room for long generated answers, reports, or code output.
Choose Grok 4.3 if...
- Grok 4.3 is the better default for cost-sensitive traffic and repeated high-volume calls.
Example workload cost
Estimates use input tokens plus 20% output tokens. They exclude provider discounts, cache hits, and tool/search surcharges.
| Workload | Claude Mythos 5.1 | Grok 4.3 | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M input + 200K output | $20.00 | $1.75 | Grok 4.3 |
| 10M input + 2M output | $200.00 | $17.50 | Grok 4.3 |
| 100M input + 20M output | $2,000.00 | $175.00 | Grok 4.3 |
Context, output, and capability fit
Claude Mythos 5.1 provides the larger context window. Check max output separately when the task needs long reports, code generation, or full-document rewrites.
- Claude Mythos 5.1 max output
- 128K
- Grok 4.3 max output
- n/a
- Claude Mythos 5.1 features
- prompt caching, function calling, vision
- Grok 4.3 features
- prompt caching, function calling, vision
Risk notes for Claude Mythos 5.1
- High output price: cap max tokens for verbose generation workloads.
Risk notes for Grok 4.3
- No major capability risk is flagged in this snapshot, but provider pages should still be verified before production routing.
Routing tags
frontierpremiumreasoningcodingagentslong-contextmultimodalcache-friendlymythos-classlimited-availabilityrag