DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7 leads DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 46.4 to 34.8, and DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs 4.5x less per output token ($1.32 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 11 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp or Grok 4.7: which to pick
Only Grok 4.7 has a coding score, 66.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp for output tokens 4.5x cheaper ($1.32 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 500K tokens).
- Shared results
- 11
- DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp only
- 3
- Grok 4.7 only
- 88
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Grok 4.7 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7 leads, 46.4 against 34.8.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp has a AA Agentic Index result, 47.5.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Grok 4.7 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1254.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Grok 4.7 has a Vals Index result, 58.6%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp takes 1.05M tokens against 500K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp $0.0011, Grok 4.7 $0.0050 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp not benchmarked, Grok 4.7 66.7 from 5 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 27.5 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LiveBench coding: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp 37.6% against Grok 4.7 84.5%, 46.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp $1.32 against Grok 4.7 $6.00 per million output tokens, 4.5x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp 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.
| Category | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Bars | Grok 4.7 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 1 | ||
| General | 2 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 4 | 7 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Grok 4.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 37.6% | 84.5% | Grok 4.7 |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1637 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 65.0 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 28.8% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.2% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.8% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.5% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.7% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 73.4% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 42.9% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.5% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| SciCode | 49.7% | 57.8% | Grok 4.7 |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 47.6% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 29.5% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1432 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1421 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1663 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1627 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1586 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Grok 4.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 34.8 | 46.4 | Grok 4.7 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 154.4 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Grok 4.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 47.5 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured |
| LiveBench research | 69.2% | 86.4% | Grok 4.7 |
| LiveBench browser | 64.0% | 60.0% | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
| LiveBench long agentic | 39.0% | 50.1% | Grok 4.7 |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 3.8% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.3% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 34.2% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.1% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 18.3% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.0% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.3% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 10.0% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 34.8% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.2% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 54.6% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $10,537 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Grok 4.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 85.4% | 82.7% | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 25.2% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 91.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 34.5% | 43.1% | Grok 4.7 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 92.7% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 90.2% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 61.4% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 41.0% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 29.0% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1415 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1439 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1427 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1254 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1309 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Grok 4.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 98.1% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 53.0% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 17.1% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 26.0% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1414 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1435 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Grok 4.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.4% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 49.5% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 56.0% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1419 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1395 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1423 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1389 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Grok 4.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1254 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1275 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1313 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1235 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1270 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1271 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LiveBench design | 70.7% | 78.0% | Grok 4.7 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Grok 4.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 58.6% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 79.5% | 76.9% | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.6% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 40.8% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 89.4% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 81.3% | 80.0% | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp |
| DTBench | Not measured | 96.0% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 49.4% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 20.8% | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1399 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1406 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1381 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1231 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1411 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1386 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1449 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1366 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1359 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1383 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1431 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1406 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1399 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1420 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1394 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1416 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1394 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1376 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1229 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1250 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1241 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1217 | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | Grok 4.7 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Flash Vision Exp costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp 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.
| Specification | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | SpaceXAI Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | xAI |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | August 21, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 500K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.44 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.32 | $6.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 66.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 5 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp better than Grok 4.7 for coding?
Only Grok 4.7 has a coding score, 66.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp for output tokens 4.5x cheaper ($1.32 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 500K tokens).
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp or Grok 4.7?
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs $0.44 per million input tokens and $1.32 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 Flash Vision Exp or Grok 4.7?
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp, with 1.05M tokens against 500K.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs Grok 4.7 comparison based on?
11 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Grok 4.7's on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.