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Grok 4.6 vs Grok 4.7

Grok 4.7 leads Grok 4.6 on coding, 66.7 to 65.7 on the Vibe Coding Index, at about the same output price ($6.00 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 94 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Grok 4.6 Replace Grok 4.7
Grok 4.6xAI
Coding
65.7
Overall
67.4
Output $/M
$6.00
68
Grok 4.7xAI
Coding
66.7
Overall
66.6
Output $/M
$6.00
26
vs boards won of 94 shared

Grok 4.6 or Grok 4.7: which to pick

Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.7 are level for coding, 65.7 against 66.7 on the Vibe Coding Index, so price and context decide.

Pick Grok 4.6 for work measured by LiveBench coding or ProgramBench (Vals AI), where it leads. Pick Grok 4.7 for work measured by LMArena WebDev or Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI), where it leads.

Model AGrok 4.6xAI65.7/1006 independent benchmarks$0.82 per solved taskModel BGrok 4.7xAI66.7/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
94
Grok 4.6 only
29
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
Grok 4.6 65.7 from 6 benchmarks, Grok 4.7 66.7 from 5 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 9.9 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
ProofBench: Grok 4.6 51.0% against Grok 4.7 26.0%, 25.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Both cost $6.00 per million output tokens.
Context window
Both take 500K tokens.

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
CategoryGrok 4.6BarsGrok 4.7Ties
Coding710
Intelligence11
Agentic work75
Reasoning103
Math60
Knowledge52
Web design61
General264
All shared boards6826
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index710
Coding benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Grok 4.7Leader
LiveBench coding89.1%84.5%Grok 4.6
LMArena WebDev16171637Grok 4.7
AA Coding Index76.8Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)88.2%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)95.6%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)17.2%28.8%Grok 4.7
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)76.2%86.2%Grok 4.7
Code migration (Vals AI)44.6%44.8%Grok 4.7
ProgramBench (Vals AI)1.0%0.5%Grok 4.6
IOI (Vals AI)47.6%57.7%Grok 4.7
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)78.3%73.4%Grok 4.6
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)Not measured42.9%Only Grok 4.7 measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)14.8%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)55.8%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)67.7%69.5%Grok 4.7
SciCode56.5%57.8%Grok 4.7
FrontierCode48.0%47.6%Grok 4.6
FrontierSWE25.3%29.5%Grok 4.7
WeirdML67.3%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
ALE-Bench1508.1Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text: coding14661432Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: software and IT14571421Grok 4.6
LMArena WebDev: React16311663Grok 4.7
LMArena WebDev: HTML15971627Grok 4.7
LMArena WebDev: from an image16031586Grok 4.6
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
Intelligence benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Grok 4.7Leader
AA Intelligence Index44.346.4Grok 4.7
Epoch Capabilities Index156.6154.4Grok 4.6
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index75
Agentic work benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Grok 4.7Leader
AA Agentic Index53.0Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building web apps1248Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps1264Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps1234Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building Android apps1291Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot games1276Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building games1209Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: HTML slides1250Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides1237Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LiveBench research84.5%86.4%Grok 4.7
LiveBench browser64.0%60.0%Grok 4.6
LiveBench long agentic40.7%50.1%Grok 4.7
SREBench (Vals AI)Not measured3.8%Only Grok 4.7 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)53.7%52.3%Grok 4.6
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)33.1%34.2%Grok 4.7
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)48.1%47.1%Grok 4.6
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured18.3%Only Grok 4.7 measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)62.7%67.0%Grok 4.7
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)72.2%69.3%Grok 4.6
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)11.4%10.0%Grok 4.6
Vals Science Index38.1%34.8%Grok 4.6
Time Horizon Index (Vals AI)5.8%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Robo-bench (Vals AI)Not measured0.2%Only Grok 4.7 measured
APEX-Agents65.3%54.6%Grok 4.6
Vending-Bench 2$9,047$10,537Grok 4.7
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index103
Reasoning benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Grok 4.7Leader
GPQA Diamond94.7%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LiveBench reasoning91.2%82.7%Grok 4.6
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)30.6%25.2%Grok 4.6
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)94.9%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)44.1%43.1%Grok 4.6
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)94.0%92.7%Grok 4.6
ARC-AGI87.5%90.2%Grok 4.7
ARC-AGI-267.1%61.4%Grok 4.6
SimpleBench75.9%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Chess puzzles33.0%41.0%Grok 4.7
Mystery game puzzles34.0%29.0%Grok 4.6
EBR-bench30.5%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14481415Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: expert14691439Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14451427Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: diagrams12851254Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: homework12831309Grok 4.7
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Math benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Grok 4.7Leader
OTIS Mock AIME99.2%98.1%Grok 4.6
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 366.0%53.0%Grok 4.6
FrontierMath, tier 431.7%17.1%Grok 4.6
ProofBench51.0%26.0%Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: math14171414Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: mathematical work14641435Grok 4.6
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index52
Knowledge benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Grok 4.7Leader
MMLU Pro89.4%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)86.3%84.4%Grok 4.6
CorpFin (Vals AI)66.2%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)71.1%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)64.2%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)44.7%49.5%Grok 4.7
SimpleQA Verified49.3%56.0%Grok 4.7
LMArena Text: science14371419Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14201395Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: legal and government14291423Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: business and finance14161389Grok 4.6
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index61
Web design benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Grok 4.7Leader
Design Arena: websites12891255Grok 4.6
Design Arena: UI components12941275Grok 4.6
Design Arena: game dev12961314Grok 4.7
Design Arena: data viz12821238Grok 4.6
Design Arena: 3D12771274Grok 4.6
Design Arena: all code categories12921273Grok 4.6
Design Arena: SVG1240Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1279Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LiveBench design79.8%78.0%Grok 4.6
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index264
General benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Grok 4.7Leader
Vals IndexNot measured58.6%Only Grok 4.7 measured
LiveBench data analysis75.3%76.9%Grok 4.7
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)66.8%65.6%Grok 4.6
SAGE (Vals AI)28.9%40.8%Grok 4.7
MedScribe (Vals AI)86.5%89.4%Grok 4.7
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)81.0%80.0%Grok 4.6
DTBench97.3%96.0%Grok 4.6
LMCA48.5%49.4%Grok 4.7
Furniture assembly40.0%20.8%Grok 4.6
LMArena Text14291399Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: instruction following14311406Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: creative writing14261381Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision12631231Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: English14331411Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: non-English14201386Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: Chinese14761449Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: German14261366Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: Japanese13781359Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: Korean13911383Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: French14551431Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: Spanish14141406Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: Russian14211399Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: Polish14301420Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: multi-turn14251394Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: longer queries14561416Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: writing and language14291394Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14211376Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: English12701229Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: Chinese12891250Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: reading text12721241Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: humor1270Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing12621217Grok 4.6
LMArena Document1452Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
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 Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.7
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Grok 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

Grok 4.6$0.0050Fits in one request
Grok 4.7$0.0050Fits in one request

Same cost

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Grok 4.6$0.118Fits in one request
Grok 4.7$0.118Fits in one request

Same cost

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Grok 4.6$0.460Fits in one request
Grok 4.7$0.460Fits in one request

Same cost

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 Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.7
SpecificationSpaceXAI Grok 4.6SpaceXAI Grok 4.7
MakerxAIxAI
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedAugust 12, 2026September 21, 2026
Context window500K500K
Input $/Mtok$2.00$2.00
Output $/Mtok$6.00$6.00
Coding index65.766.7
Independent measurements behind it65
Cost per solved task$0.82Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Grok 4.7 for coding?

Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.7 are level for coding, 65.7 against 66.7 on the Vibe Coding Index, so price and context decide. Pick Grok 4.6 for work measured by LiveBench coding or ProgramBench (Vals AI), where it leads. Pick Grok 4.7 for work measured by LMArena WebDev or Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Grok 4.7?

Grok 4.6 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 costs $2.00 and $6.00. Cost per solved task is known for Grok 4.6 only.

Which has the bigger context window, Grok 4.6 or Grok 4.7?

Neither: both take 500K tokens.

How many benchmarks is the Grok 4.6 vs Grok 4.7 comparison based on?

94 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Grok 4.6's coding index rests on 6 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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