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Updated Sep 2026

Grok 4.5vsGrok 4.7

Grok 4.7 is cheaper than Grok 4.5 at $1.6/M vs $2/M input tokens.

Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.7 compared across 10 shared prompts
SpecGrok 4.5Grok 4.7
Input price$2/M tokens$1.6/M tokens
Output price$6/M tokens$4.8/M tokens
Context window500K tokens500K tokens
WeightsClosedClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedJul 2026Sep 2026
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 5 of the 10 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

Grok 4.5212 words
Spellbound Spaghetti (savory) A quick, cozy tomato pasta that tastes like it took far more effort. Serves 2. 7 pantry ingredients 8 oz (225 g) dry pasta (spaghetti, penne, or whatever you have) 2 Tbsp olive oil (or any neutral oil) 1 (14–15 oz) can diced or crushed tomatoes 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp dried oregano (or…
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Grok 4.7129 words
Pantry Gold Honey Biscuits A sweet, buttery, slightly salty biscuit that tastes like it took more effort than it did. Ingredients (7) 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tbsp baking powder ½ tsp salt ¼ cup sugar ½ cup butter (cold) ¾ cup milk 2 tbsp honey Time: about 10 minutes prep, 12–15 minutes bake Instructions Heat the…
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Debug This Architecture

Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…

Grok 4.51,572 words
Architecture Review: Real-Time Collaborative Document Editor This design has fundamental real-time and consistency problems. Several choices (client clocks, LWW, per-server WebSockets + DB polling, CDN-cached APIs, full HTML snapshots) will cause data loss, stale UI, and poor scale.
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Grok 4.71,399 words
This design will lose edits, split users into inconsistent views, and fall over under concurrent writing. The core problems are clock-based conflict resolution, per-server WebSocket fan-out, polling as the sync path, and treating documents as full HTML snapshots.
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Startup Pitch Teardown

Here's a pitch deck summary for a startup called "MindMeld AI": **Slide 1 - Vision:** "We're building the future of human-AI collaboration.…

Grok 4.5808 words
The 3 weakest claims Solution accuracy: “decode neural patterns into text with 94% accuracy” (non-invasive consumer EEG headband, any language/device) Why weak: This is the single most scientifically implausible claim.
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Grok 4.7599 words
Three weakest claims 1. “Predict what you want to type before you think it” (Slide 1) This is scientifically incoherent, not just ambitious. Non-invasive EEG decodes neural activity that is already underway (motor imagery, attempted speech, attention).
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

Grok 4.5841 words
1. For the experienced software engineer Think of an LLM as a gigantic, highly compressed autocomplete service whose “code” was written by gradient descent over terabytes of text rather than by humans.
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Grok 4.71,173 words
1. Experienced software engineer An LLM is a stateless function from a token sequence to a probability distribution over the next token. Training is a giant batch job: you stream text, run a forward pass, compare the predicted distribution to the actual next token with cross-entropy, and push gradients through billions…
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Beginner's Longevity Plan

Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas…

Grok 4.5863 words
1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan Focus on three foundational areas: Diet (nutrition), Exercise (movement), and Sleep. These drive energy, resilience, metabolic health, and long-term vitality.
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Grok 4.7442 words
1-month beginner plan for better health and longevity Focus on three foundations: nutrition, movement, and sleep. Aim for consistency over perfection. If you have a medical condition, check with a clinician before big changes. Week-by-week rhythm Week 1: Build awareness and one easy habit in each area.
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Our Verdict
Grok 4.5
Grok 4.5
Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Grok 4.5
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Grok 4.7
Input
$1.60
1.3× cheaper
Output
$4.80
1.3× cheaper

Grok 4.7 is cheaper on both: 1.3× input, 1.3× output.

Where to run it

2 hosts

Grok 4.51 host
HostInOutContextUptime
xAI$2.00 in·$6.00 out·500k·98.6% up
Grok 4.71 host
HostInOutContextUptime
xAI$1.60 in·$4.80 out·500k·99.1% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 22 Sep 2026.

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Both are developed by xAI but target different use cases. Grok 4.5 has a 500K token context window vs Grok 4.7's 500K. You can compare their actual outputs across 10 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.7 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 10 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Grok 4.5 costs $2/M input tokens and Grok 4.7 costs $1.6/M input tokens. Grok 4.7 is $0.40/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.7 across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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