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Grok 4.7 vs Inkling

Grok 4.7 leads Inkling on coding, 66.7 to 31.5 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Inkling costs 1.5x less per output token ($4.05 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 82 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Grok 4.7 Replace Inkling
Grok 4.7xAI
Coding
66.7
Overall
66.6
Output $/M
$6.00
54
T InklingThinking Machines
Coding
31.5
Overall
46.5
Output $/M
$4.05
28
vs boards won of 82 shared

Grok 4.7 or Inkling: which to pick

Pick Grok 4.7 for coding: it scores 66.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 31.5 for Inkling, though on 5 benchmarks against 6.

Pick Inkling for output tokens 1.5x cheaper ($4.05 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (524K against 500K tokens).

Model AGrok 4.7xAI66.7/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BInklingThinking Machines31.5/1006 independent benchmarks$0.76 per solved task
Shared results
82
Grok 4.7 only
17
Inkling only
20
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 4.7 66.7 from 5 benchmarks, Inkling 31.5 from 6 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 26.8 points apart on average over 16 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Grok 4.7 86.2% against Inkling 19.2%, 67.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Grok 4.7 $6.00 against Inkling $4.05 per million output tokens, 1.5x apart.
Context window
Grok 4.7 takes 500K tokens, Inkling 524K.

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 4.7BarsInklingTies
Coding142
Intelligence20
Agentic work100
Reasoning63
Math42
Knowledge34
Web design70
General817
All shared boards5428
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index142
Coding benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling
BenchmarkGrok 4.7InklingLeader
LiveBench coding84.5%64.0%Grok 4.7
LMArena WebDev16371414Grok 4.7
AA Coding IndexNot measured52.1Only Inkling measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.5%Only Inkling measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured77.6%Only Inkling measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)28.8%0.5%Grok 4.7
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)86.2%19.2%Grok 4.7
Code migration (Vals AI)44.8%11.8%Grok 4.7
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.5%0.0%Grok 4.7
IOI (Vals AI)57.7%14.9%Grok 4.7
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)73.4%47.6%Grok 4.7
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)42.9%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)Not measured7.3%Only Inkling measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured26.1%Only Inkling measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)69.5%66.8%Grok 4.7
SciCode57.8%47.0%Grok 4.7
FrontierCode47.6%14.0%Grok 4.7
FrontierSWE29.5%4.1%Grok 4.7
WeirdMLNot measured32.3%Only Inkling measured
ALE-BenchNot measured946.0Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: coding14321466Inkling
LMArena Text: software and IT14211465Inkling
LMArena WebDev: React16631404Grok 4.7
LMArena WebDev: HTML16271399Grok 4.7
LMArena WebDev: from an image1586Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling
BenchmarkGrok 4.7InklingLeader
AA Intelligence Index46.425.0Grok 4.7
Epoch Capabilities Index154.4148.4Grok 4.7
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index100
Agentic work benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling
BenchmarkGrok 4.7InklingLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured22.5Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: agents building web appsNot measured1196Only Inkling measured
LiveBench research86.4%59.9%Grok 4.7
LiveBench browser60.0%16.0%Grok 4.7
LiveBench long agentic50.1%14.1%Grok 4.7
SREBench (Vals AI)3.8%0.0%Grok 4.7
Finance Agent (Vals AI)52.3%46.6%Grok 4.7
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)34.2%15.3%Grok 4.7
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)47.1%28.4%Grok 4.7
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)18.3%3.8%Grok 4.7
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)67.0%38.4%Grok 4.7
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)69.3%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)10.0%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Vals Science Index34.8%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Robo-bench (Vals AI)0.2%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
APEX-Agents54.6%33.8%Grok 4.7
Vending-Bench 2$10,537Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index63
Reasoning benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling
BenchmarkGrok 4.7InklingLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured87.1%Only Inkling measured
LiveBench reasoning82.7%78.3%Grok 4.7
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)25.2%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured78.5%Only Inkling measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured87.2%Only Inkling measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)43.1%31.9%Grok 4.7
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)92.7%88.3%Grok 4.7
ARC-AGI90.2%79.5%Grok 4.7
ARC-AGI-261.4%36.5%Grok 4.7
SimpleBenchNot measured50.0%Only Inkling measured
Chess puzzles41.0%21.0%Grok 4.7
Mystery game puzzles29.0%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14151451Inkling
LMArena Text: expert14391466Inkling
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14271448Inkling
LMArena Vision: diagrams1254Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
LMArena Vision: homework1309Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index42
Math benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling
BenchmarkGrok 4.7InklingLeader
OTIS Mock AIME98.1%88.9%Grok 4.7
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 353.0%33.3%Grok 4.7
FrontierMath, tier 417.1%4.9%Grok 4.7
ProofBench26.0%0.0%Grok 4.7
LMArena Text: math14141479Inkling
LMArena Text: mathematical work14351460Inkling
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index34
Knowledge benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling
BenchmarkGrok 4.7InklingLeader
MMLU ProNot measured86.3%Only Inkling measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)84.4%83.0%Grok 4.7
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured68.6%Only Inkling measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured75.3%Only Inkling measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured64.0%Only Inkling measured
MedCode (Vals AI)49.5%41.2%Grok 4.7
SimpleQA Verified56.0%40.3%Grok 4.7
LMArena Text: science14191455Inkling
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13951447Inkling
LMArena Text: legal and government14231448Inkling
LMArena Text: business and finance13891438Inkling
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Web design benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling
BenchmarkGrok 4.7InklingLeader
Design Arena: websites12541224Grok 4.7
Design Arena: UI components12751201Grok 4.7
Design Arena: game dev13131166Grok 4.7
Design Arena: data viz12351159Grok 4.7
Design Arena: 3D12701161Grok 4.7
Design Arena: all code categories12711206Grok 4.7
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1110Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1089Only Inkling measured
LiveBench design78.0%58.3%Grok 4.7
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index817
General benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling
BenchmarkGrok 4.7InklingLeader
Vals Index58.6%29.0%Grok 4.7
LiveBench data analysis76.9%72.8%Grok 4.7
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)65.6%58.5%Grok 4.7
SAGE (Vals AI)40.8%36.5%Grok 4.7
MedScribe (Vals AI)89.4%85.4%Grok 4.7
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured49.4%Only Inkling measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)80.0%77.3%Grok 4.7
DTBench96.0%87.5%Grok 4.7
LMCA49.4%37.6%Grok 4.7
Furniture assembly20.8%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
LMArena Text13991442Inkling
LMArena Text: instruction following14061425Inkling
LMArena Text: creative writing13811390Inkling
LMArena Vision1231Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: English14111442Inkling
LMArena Text: non-English13861434Inkling
LMArena Text: Chinese14491493Inkling
LMArena Text: German13661445Inkling
LMArena Text: Japanese13591429Inkling
LMArena Text: Korean13831403Inkling
LMArena Text: French14311455Inkling
LMArena Text: Spanish14061449Inkling
LMArena Text: Russian13991430Inkling
LMArena Text: Polish14201450Inkling
LMArena Text: multi-turn13941437Inkling
LMArena Text: longer queries14161435Inkling
LMArena Text: writing and language13941404Inkling
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13761394Inkling
LMArena Vision: English1229Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1250Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1241Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1217Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling
BenchmarkGrok 4.7InklingLeader
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 4.7$0.0050Fits in one request
Inkling$0.0030Fits in one request

Inkling costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Grok 4.7$0.118Fits in one request
Inkling$0.061Fits in one request

Inkling costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Grok 4.7$0.460Fits in one request
Inkling$0.235Fits in one request

Inkling 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 Grok 4.7 and Inkling
SpecificationSpaceXAI Grok 4.7Thinking Machines Inkling
MakerxAIThinking Machines
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2026July 17, 2026
Context window500K524K
Input $/Mtok$2.00$0.975
Output $/Mtok$6.00$4.05
Coding index66.731.5
Independent measurements behind it56
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.76
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Grok 4.7 better than Inkling for coding?

Pick Grok 4.7 for coding: it scores 66.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 31.5 for Inkling, though on 5 benchmarks against 6. Pick Inkling for output tokens 1.5x cheaper ($4.05 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (524K against 500K tokens).

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.7 or Inkling?

Grok 4.7 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens; Inkling costs $0.975 and $4.05. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling only.

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

Inkling, with 524K tokens against 500K.

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

82 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Grok 4.7's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Inkling's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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