Grok 4.7 vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash
Grok 4.7 leads MiniMax M3.1 Flash on coding, 66.7 to 59.0 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs 10.0x less per output token ($0.60 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 20 benchmarks have a result for both.
Grok 4.7 or MiniMax M3.1 Flash: which to pick
Pick Grok 4.7 for coding: it scores 66.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 59.0 for MiniMax M3.1 Flash.
Pick MiniMax M3.1 Flash for output tokens 10.0x cheaper ($0.60 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (1M against 500K tokens).
- Shared results
- 20
- Grok 4.7 only
- 82
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash only
- 0
- 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
Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7 scores 66.7 against 59.0.
5 and 4 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7 leads, 46.4 against 42.7.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Grok 4.7 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1254.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7 leads, 58.6% against 53.8%.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
MiniMax M3.1 Flash
MiniMax M3.1 Flash takes 1M tokens against 500K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiniMax M3.1 Flash
Grok 4.7 $0.0050, MiniMax M3.1 Flash $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Grok 4.7 66.7 from 5 benchmarks, MiniMax M3.1 Flash 59.0 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 14.5 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LiveBench browser: Grok 4.7 60.0% against MiniMax M3.1 Flash 92.0%, 32.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Grok 4.7 $6.00 against MiniMax M3.1 Flash $0.60 per million output tokens, 10.0x apart.
- Context window
- Grok 4.7 takes 500K tokens, MiniMax M3.1 Flash 1M.
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 | Grok 4.7 | Bars | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 7 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 5 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 2 | ||
| Web design | 1 | 0 | ||
| General | 3 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 17 | 3 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index70
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 84.5% | 83.9% | Grok 4.7 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1637 | 1587 | Grok 4.7 |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 28.8% | 25.3% | Grok 4.7 |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 86.2% | 73.9% | Grok 4.7 |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 44.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.5% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 57.7% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 73.4% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 42.9% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 69.5% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| SciCode | 57.8% | 53.4% | Grok 4.7 |
| FrontierCode | 47.6% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| FrontierSWE | 29.5% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1432 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1421 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1663 | 1609 | Grok 4.7 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1627 | 1529 | Grok 4.7 |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1586 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 46.4 | 42.7 | Grok 4.7 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.4 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index51
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench research | 86.4% | 72.7% | Grok 4.7 |
| LiveBench browser | 60.0% | 92.0% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| LiveBench long agentic | 50.1% | 34.7% | Grok 4.7 |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 3.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 52.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 34.2% | 32.1% | Grok 4.7 |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 47.1% | 34.1% | Grok 4.7 |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 18.3% | 7.5% | Grok 4.7 |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 67.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 69.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 10.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Vals Science Index | 34.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | 0.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 54.6% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $10,537 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 82.7% | 82.9% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 25.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 43.1% | 48.0% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 92.7% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| ARC-AGI | 90.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 61.4% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 41.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 29.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1415 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1439 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1427 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1254 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1309 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Scale run) | 23.4% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 98.1% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 53.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 17.1% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| ProofBench | 26.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1414 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1435 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| MathArena | 41.1% | Not measured | 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 index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 84.4% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 49.5% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 56.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1419 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1395 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1423 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1389 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| PRBench Legal | 47.6% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1254 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1276 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1314 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1238 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1274 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1272 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LiveBench design | 78.0% | 74.0% | 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 index30
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 58.6% | 53.8% | Grok 4.7 |
| LiveBench data analysis | 76.9% | 71.4% | Grok 4.7 |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 65.6% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 40.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 89.4% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 80.0% | 79.7% | Grok 4.7 |
| DTBench | 96.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMCA | 49.4% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Furniture assembly | 20.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1399 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1406 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1381 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1231 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1411 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1386 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1449 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1366 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1359 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1383 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1431 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1406 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1399 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1420 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1394 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1416 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1394 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1376 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1229 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1250 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1241 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1217 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | 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
MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
MiniMax M3.1 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.
| Specification | SpaceXAI Grok 4.7 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | xAI | MiniMax |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | September 21, 2026 | October 19, 2026 |
| Context window | 500K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.15 |
| Output $/Mtok | $6.00 | $0.60 |
| Coding index | 66.7 | 59.0 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Grok 4.7 better than MiniMax M3.1 Flash for coding?
Pick Grok 4.7 for coding: it scores 66.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 59.0 for MiniMax M3.1 Flash. Pick MiniMax M3.1 Flash for output tokens 10.0x cheaper ($0.60 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (1M against 500K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Grok 4.7 or MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
Grok 4.7 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs $0.15 and $0.60. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Grok 4.7 or MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
MiniMax M3.1 Flash, with 1M tokens against 500K.
How many benchmarks is the Grok 4.7 vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash comparison based on?
20 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Grok 4.7's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and MiniMax M3.1 Flash's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.