Claude Opus 5.5 vs Grok 4.20 (multi-agent)

rates, context and capabilities side by side on the impossibl api, and what the same workload costs on each.

the models at a glance: base rates, context window and modalities
specificationClaude Opus 5.5

anthropic/claude-opus-5-5

Grok 4.20 (multi-agent)

xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309

input · usd / 1m tok$4.00$1.25
output · usd / 1m tok$20.00$2.50
context window1mtokens1mtokens
modalities · in → out

takes text and image in, gives text out

takes text and image in, gives text out

pricing

base api rates by model
base api rates · usd per 1m tokensClaude Opus 5.5

anthropic/claude-opus-5-5

Grok 4.20 (multi-agent)

xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309

input$4.00$1.25over 200k · $2.50
output$20.00$2.50over 200k · $5.00
cache read$0.20$0.20over 200k · $0.40
cache write · default ttl$5.00not published
cache write · 1h ttl$8.00not published

brackets are by input tokens per request: a request over a threshold is billed at that bracket's rates for all of its tokens. cache creation can have a separate charge. the estimate below prices one workload at these rates on every model.

specifications

published specifications by model
as publishedClaude Opus 5.5

anthropic/claude-opus-5-5

Grok 4.20 (multi-agent)

xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309

creatorAnthropicxAI
model typeText generationText generation
context window1,000,000tokens1,000,000tokens
input

takes text and image in, gives text out

takes text and image in, gives text out

outputtexttext
tool callingnot verifiednot verified
releasedsep 22, 2026mar 10, 2026
endpoint/v1/chat/completions/v1/chat/completions

unknown means the public catalog does not establish that fact. a model's documented capabilities can differ from what a particular api supports. see the model documentation for integration details.

estimate your cost

one token workload, priced on every model at the published rates, in usd. change the numbers to match yours.

token workload

total input, including cached tokens

include billable reasoning tokens

the same token usage in each request

a subset of total input, never additional tokens

Claude Opus 5.5

anthropic/claude-opus-5-5

estimated usage cost

$14.00

1,000 requests × (1,000 uncached input × $4.00 + 500 output × $20.00) / 1,000,000 = $14.00

base rates; no context pricing tiers are published.

Grok 4.20 (multi-agent)

xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309

estimated usage cost

$2.50

1,000 requests × (1,000 uncached input × $1.25 + 500 output × $2.50) / 1,000,000 = $2.50

base rates: up to 200,000 input tokens per request, inclusive.

estimates use published impossibl api usage rates. configured billing adjustments, funding fees, taxes, and custom workspace rates are excluded and may change the final amount.

image and audio usage, cache creation, and additional tool charges are excluded. reasoning tokens count as billable output, even when they are not visible in the response.

summary

Claude Opus 5.5 and Grok 4.20 (multi-agent) are available through the Impossibl API. they share the /v1/chat/completions endpoint; the model identifier selects the model for a request.

Claude Opus 5.5 is created by Anthropic. It has a 1,000,000-token context window. Base API pricing (USD): $4.00 per million input tokens; $20.00 per million output tokens.

Grok 4.20 (multi-agent) is created by xAI. It has a 1,000,000-token context window. Base API pricing (USD): $1.25 per million input tokens; $2.50 per million output tokens. Above 200,000 input tokens per request, context-tier rates apply to the whole request.

Claude Opus 5.5Grok 4.20 (multi-agent)

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