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Grok 4.7 vs Inkling Small

Grok 4.7 leads Inkling Small on coding, 66.7 to 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Inkling Small costs 5.0x less per output token ($1.20 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 71 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Grok 4.7 Replace Inkling Small
Grok 4.7xAI
Coding
66.7
Overall
66.6
Output $/M
$6.00
45
T Inkling SmallThinking Machines
Coding
27.3
Overall
43.6
Output $/M
$1.20
24
vs boards won of 71 shared, 2 tied

Grok 4.7 or Inkling Small: which to pick

Pick Grok 4.7 for coding: it scores 66.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 27.3 for Inkling Small.

Pick Inkling Small for output tokens 5.0x cheaper ($1.20 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 BInkling SmallThinking Machines27.3/1004 independent benchmarks$0.16 per solved task
Shared results
71
Grok 4.7 only
28
Inkling Small only
13
Like-for-like categories
7 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 Small 27.3 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 25.2 points apart on average over 14 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Grok 4.7 86.2% against Inkling Small 19.1%, 67.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Grok 4.7 $6.00 against Inkling Small $1.20 per million output tokens, 5.0x apart.
Context window
Grok 4.7 takes 500K tokens, Inkling Small 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 4.7BarsInkling SmallTies
Coding1121 tie
Intelligence20
Agentic work50
Reasoning73
Math321 tie
Knowledge43
General1314
All shared boards45242 ties
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index112
Coding benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Inkling SmallLeader
LiveBench coding84.5%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
LMArena WebDev16371409Grok 4.7
AA Coding IndexNot measured52.9Only Inkling Small measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.9%Only Inkling Small measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured82.2%Only Inkling Small measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)28.8%0.0%Grok 4.7
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)86.2%19.1%Grok 4.7
Code migration (Vals AI)44.8%13.7%Grok 4.7
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.5%0.5%Tie
IOI (Vals AI)57.7%9.3%Grok 4.7
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)73.4%55.1%Grok 4.7
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)42.9%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured33.6%Only Inkling Small measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)69.5%64.1%Grok 4.7
SciCode57.8%49.7%Grok 4.7
FrontierCode47.6%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
FrontierSWE29.5%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
LMArena Text: coding14321450Inkling Small
LMArena Text: software and IT14211447Inkling Small
LMArena WebDev: React16631399Grok 4.7
LMArena WebDev: HTML16271398Grok 4.7
LMArena WebDev: from an image15861410Grok 4.7
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Inkling SmallLeader
AA Intelligence Index46.425.7Grok 4.7
Epoch Capabilities Index154.4150.3Grok 4.7
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Agentic work benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Inkling SmallLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured23.5Only Inkling Small measured
LiveBench research86.4%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
LiveBench browser60.0%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
LiveBench long agentic50.1%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
SREBench (Vals AI)3.8%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)52.3%41.3%Grok 4.7
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)34.2%15.4%Grok 4.7
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)47.1%25.5%Grok 4.7
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)18.3%2.9%Grok 4.7
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)67.0%31.8%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%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Vending-Bench 2$10,537Not measuredOnly 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 index73
Reasoning benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Inkling SmallLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured83.6%Only Inkling Small measured
LiveBench reasoning82.7%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)25.2%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured89.5%Only Inkling Small measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)43.1%33.3%Grok 4.7
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)92.7%88.5%Grok 4.7
ARC-AGI90.2%84.0%Grok 4.7
ARC-AGI-261.4%40.1%Grok 4.7
Chess puzzles41.0%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Mystery game puzzles29.0%6.0%Grok 4.7
LMArena Text: hard prompts14151423Inkling Small
LMArena Text: expert14391441Inkling Small
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14271429Inkling Small
LMArena Vision: diagrams12541251Grok 4.7
LMArena Vision: homework13091257Grok 4.7
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index32
Math benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Inkling SmallLeader
OTIS Mock AIME98.1%90.0%Grok 4.7
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 353.0%46.3%Grok 4.7
FrontierMath, tier 417.1%17.1%Tie
ProofBench26.0%6.0%Grok 4.7
LMArena Text: math14141459Inkling Small
LMArena Text: mathematical work14351441Inkling Small
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 Grok 4.7 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Inkling SmallLeader
MMLU ProNot measured85.6%Only Inkling Small measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)84.4%83.0%Grok 4.7
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured69.6%Only Inkling Small measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured75.5%Only Inkling Small measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured62.3%Only Inkling Small measured
MedCode (Vals AI)49.5%37.9%Grok 4.7
SimpleQA Verified56.0%19.1%Grok 4.7
LMArena Text: science14191428Inkling Small
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13951413Inkling Small
LMArena Text: legal and government14231415Grok 4.7
LMArena Text: business and finance13891413Inkling Small
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Inkling SmallLeader
Design Arena: websites1255Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Design Arena: UI components1275Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Design Arena: game dev1314Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Design Arena: data viz1238Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Design Arena: 3D1274Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Design Arena: all code categories1273Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
LiveBench design78.0%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1314
General benchmarks for Grok 4.7 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Inkling SmallLeader
Vals Index58.6%27.6%Grok 4.7
LiveBench data analysis76.9%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)65.6%59.4%Grok 4.7
SAGE (Vals AI)40.8%32.7%Grok 4.7
MedScribe (Vals AI)89.4%84.1%Grok 4.7
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured50.0%Only Inkling Small measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)80.0%75.7%Grok 4.7
DTBench96.0%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
LMCA49.4%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
Furniture assembly20.8%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.7 measured
LMArena Text13991413Inkling Small
LMArena Text: instruction following14061399Grok 4.7
LMArena Text: creative writing13811334Grok 4.7
LMArena Vision12311237Inkling Small
LMArena Text: English14111421Inkling Small
LMArena Text: non-English13861401Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Chinese14491464Inkling Small
LMArena Text: German13661408Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Japanese13591401Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Korean13831367Grok 4.7
LMArena Text: French14311435Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Spanish14061422Inkling Small
LMArena Text: Russian13991394Grok 4.7
LMArena Text: Polish14201428Inkling Small
LMArena Text: multi-turn13941416Inkling Small
LMArena Text: longer queries14161402Grok 4.7
LMArena Text: writing and language13941357Grok 4.7
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13761352Grok 4.7
LMArena Vision: English12291243Inkling Small
LMArena Vision: Chinese12501292Inkling Small
LMArena Vision: reading text12411243Inkling Small
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1207Only Inkling Small measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing12171205Grok 4.7
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 4.7 and Inkling Small
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Inkling SmallLeader
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 Small$0.0010Fits in one request

Inkling Small costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Grok 4.7$0.118Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.026Fits in one request

Inkling Small costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Grok 4.7$0.460Fits in one request
Inkling Small$0.102Fits in one request

Inkling Small 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 Small
SpecificationSpaceXAI Grok 4.7Thinking Machines Inkling Small
MakerxAIThinking Machines
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2026July 30, 2026
Context window500K524K
Input $/Mtok$2.00$0.45
Output $/Mtok$6.00$1.20
Coding index66.727.3
Independent measurements behind it54
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.16
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Grok 4.7 better than Inkling Small for coding?

Pick Grok 4.7 for coding: it scores 66.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 27.3 for Inkling Small. Pick Inkling Small for output tokens 5.0x cheaper ($1.20 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (524K against 500K tokens).

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.7 or Inkling Small?

Grok 4.7 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens; Inkling Small costs $0.45 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling Small only.

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

Inkling Small, with 524K tokens against 500K.

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

71 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Grok 4.7's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Inkling Small's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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