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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Grok 4.7

Grok 4.7 leads DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on coding, 66.7 to 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index, and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs 7.1x less per output token ($0.84 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 94 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Replace Grok 4.7
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek
Coding
62.5
Overall
62.4
Output $/M
$0.84
64
Grok 4.7xAI
Coding
66.7
Overall
66.6
Output $/M
$6.00
29
vs boards won of 94 shared, 1 tied

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Grok 4.7: which to pick

Pick Grok 4.7 for coding: it scores 66.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 62.5 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash.

Pick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash for output tokens 7.1x cheaper ($0.84 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 500K tokens).

Model ADeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek62.5/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BGrok 4.7xAI66.7/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
94
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash only
7
Grok 4.7 only
5
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 62.5 from 5 benchmarks, Grok 4.7 66.7 from 5 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 11.9 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
ProofBench: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 54.0% against Grok 4.7 26.0%, 28.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.84 against Grok 4.7 $6.00 per million output tokens, 7.1x apart.
Context window
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash takes 1.05M tokens, Grok 4.7 500K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryDeepSeek V4.1 FlashBarsGrok 4.7Ties
Coding881 tie
Intelligence11
Agentic work39
Reasoning94
Math60
Knowledge43
Web design70
General264
All shared boards64291 tie
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index88
Coding benchmarks for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGrok 4.7Leader
LiveBench coding90.2%84.5%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena WebDev16181637Grok 4.7
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)19.7%28.8%Grok 4.7
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)84.7%86.2%Grok 4.7
Code migration (Vals AI)45.6%44.8%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.5%0.5%Tie
IOI (Vals AI)40.3%57.7%Grok 4.7
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)74.5%73.4%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)46.5%42.9%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)16.4%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)69.8%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)73.7%69.5%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
SciCode51.9%57.8%Grok 4.7
FrontierCode43.9%47.6%Grok 4.7
FrontierSWENot measured29.5%Only Grok 4.7 measured
ALE-Bench1092.3Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured
LMArena Text: coding15021432DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: software and IT14961421DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena WebDev: React16281663Grok 4.7
LMArena WebDev: HTML16121627Grok 4.7
LMArena WebDev: from an image16061586DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
Intelligence benchmarks for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGrok 4.7Leader
AA Intelligence Index24.746.4Grok 4.7
Epoch Capabilities Index155.9154.4DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index39
Agentic work benchmarks for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGrok 4.7Leader
LiveBench research86.8%86.4%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LiveBench browser84.0%60.0%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LiveBench long agentic40.1%50.1%Grok 4.7
SREBench (Vals AI)0.8%3.8%Grok 4.7
Finance Agent (Vals AI)53.5%52.3%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)26.6%34.2%Grok 4.7
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)41.4%47.1%Grok 4.7
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured18.3%Only Grok 4.7 measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)57.2%67.0%Grok 4.7
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)67.8%69.3%Grok 4.7
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)0.0%10.0%Grok 4.7
Vals Science Index29.6%34.8%Grok 4.7
Robo-bench (Vals AI)Not measured0.2%Only Grok 4.7 measured
APEX-Agents39.5%54.6%Grok 4.7
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$10,537Only Grok 4.7 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index94
Reasoning benchmarks for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGrok 4.7Leader
LiveBench reasoning86.7%82.7%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)21.2%25.2%Grok 4.7
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)39.2%43.1%Grok 4.7
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)89.8%92.7%Grok 4.7
ARC-AGI94.5%90.2%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
ARC-AGI-272.9%61.4%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Chess puzzles48.0%41.0%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Mystery game puzzles43.0%29.0%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts14831415DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: expert15011439DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14881427DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Vision: diagrams12971254DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Vision: homework13071309Grok 4.7
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Math benchmarks for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGrok 4.7Leader
OTIS Mock AIME98.3%98.1%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 367.4%53.0%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
FrontierMath, tier 426.8%17.1%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
ProofBench54.0%26.0%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: math14781414DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: mathematical work14851435DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index43
Knowledge benchmarks for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGrok 4.7Leader
LegalBench (Vals AI)83.3%84.4%Grok 4.7
MedCode (Vals AI)41.2%49.5%Grok 4.7
SimpleQA Verified42.9%56.0%Grok 4.7
LMArena Text: science14691419DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14841395DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: legal and government14431423DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: business and finance14611389DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Web design benchmarks for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGrok 4.7Leader
Design Arena: websites13081255DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Design Arena: UI components13121275DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Design Arena: game dev13301314DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Design Arena: data viz12911238DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Design Arena: 3D13551274DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Design Arena: all code categories13201273DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Design Arena: SVG1245Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1265Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured
LiveBench design79.2%78.0%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index264
General benchmarks for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGrok 4.7Leader
Vals IndexNot measured58.6%Only Grok 4.7 measured
LiveBench data analysis79.3%76.9%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)64.3%65.6%Grok 4.7
SAGE (Vals AI)47.9%40.8%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
MedScribe (Vals AI)85.5%89.4%Grok 4.7
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)84.0%80.0%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DTBench89.9%96.0%Grok 4.7
LMCA47.0%49.4%Grok 4.7
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured
Furniture assembly34.2%20.8%DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text14641399DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: instruction following14731406DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: creative writing14371381DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Vision12781231DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: English14731411DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: non-English14491386DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: Chinese15011449DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: German14701366DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: Japanese14321359DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: Korean14361383DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: French14651431DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: Spanish14591406DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: Russian14671399DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: Polish14571420DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: multi-turn14611394DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: longer queries14731416DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: writing and language14501394DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14451376DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Vision: English12881229DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Vision: Chinese13271250DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Vision: reading text12821241DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
LMArena Vision: humor1260Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V4.1 Flash measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing12751217DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashGrok 4.7Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash$0.0006Fits in one request
Grok 4.7$0.0050Fits in one request

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash$0.014Fits in one request
Grok 4.7$0.118Fits in one request

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash$0.053Fits in one request
Grok 4.7$0.460Fits in one request

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Grok 4.7
SpecificationDeepSeek V4.1 FlashSpaceXAI Grok 4.7
MakerDeepSeekxAI
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2026September 21, 2026
Context window1.05M500K
Input $/Mtok$0.2225$2.00
Output $/Mtok$0.84$6.00
Coding index62.566.7
Independent measurements behind it55
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Grok 4.7 for coding?

Pick Grok 4.7 for coding: it scores 66.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 62.5 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Pick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash for output tokens 7.1x cheaper ($0.84 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 500K tokens).

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Grok 4.7?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash costs $0.2225 per million input tokens and $0.84 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 costs $2.00 and $6.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Grok 4.7?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 500K.

How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Grok 4.7 comparison based on?

94 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Grok 4.7's on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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