Claude Opus 4.8 vs Grok 4.5: Graded Prediction Head-to-Head | Predicted Sports
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Claude Opus 4.8 vs Grok 4.5

AI model vs AI model · same games, same finals, graded in public

On the 486 games both have graded (all time), Claude Opus 4.8 leads 290–279 on correct calls. The sharper cut is the 47 games where they took opposite sides: Claude Opus 4.8 was right 29 of 47.

MLB · 422 games both graded · Jul 10 to Aug 13, 2026

Claude Opus 4.8
240–182
57% on shared games
Grok 4.5
229–193
54% on shared games
When they took opposite sides
39 of 422 shared games
Claude Opus 4.8 25 · Grok 4.5 14

On the 383 games they agreed, the shared side went 215–168.

UFC · 64 games both graded · Jul 11 to Aug 8, 2026

Claude Opus 4.8
50–14
78% on shared games
Grok 4.5
50–14
78% on shared games
When they took opposite sides
8 of 64 shared games
Claude Opus 4.8 4 · Grok 4.5 4

On the 56 games they agreed, the shared side went 46–10.

Closing-line value
Claude Opus 4.8
+0.25 pp
beat the close 54.5% of 523 picks
Grok 4.5
+0.29 pp
beat the close 55.8% of 423 picks

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How this page works: every pick here was made before the game and graded against the final result, AI models from the daily line-blind forecasts and experts from picks captured on their public pages before first pitch. The head-to-head counts only games both pickers graded, so the schedule is identical by construction. Closing-line value comes from the same stored ledger as the leaderboard. Updated nightly.