Skip to content
Rival
How it worksPrivacyTerms
Explore all of Rival

Explore

  • Compare Models
  • All Models
  • Image Comparison
  • Audio Comparison
  • Image Generation
  • Best AI For...
  • Arena
  • API Pricing
  • Challenges

Discover

  • SubjectiveBench
  • Research
  • Research downloads
  • Rival Kits
  • Find your AI taste
  • UI Glow-Up
  • VoiceLock
  • Cost Cutter
  • Agent skills
  • Benchmarks vs Vibes
  • Brief
  • Jailbreak
  • Model Updates
  • Provider Status
  • AI Creators

Connect

  • Methodology
  • Advertise
  • Partnerships
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms
  • RSS Feed
  1. Home
  2. /
  3. Compare
  4. /
  5. Grok 4.7vsKimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Updated Sep 2026

Grok 4.7vsKimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct

Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is cheaper than Grok 4.7 at $0.3/M vs $1.5999999999999999/M input tokens.

Grok 4.7 and Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct compared across 1 shared prompts
SpecGrok 4.7Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input price$1.5999999999999999/M tokens$0.3/M tokens
Output price$4.8/M tokens$0.6/M tokens
Context window500K tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Nov 2025
Our Verdict
Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct

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

Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct costs 8.0x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Grok 4.7
Input
$1.60
Output
$4.80
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
5.3× cheaper
Output
$0.60
8.0× cheaper

Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both: 5.3× input, 8.0× output.

Where to run it

1 host

Grok 4.71 host
HostInOutContextUptime
xAI$1.60 in·$4.80 out·500k·99.3% up
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

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

Research

What we learned reading every model

FAQ

Common questions

Grok 4.7 is developed by xAI while Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is developed by Moonshot AI. Grok 4.7 has a 500K token context window vs Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 1 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Grok 4.7 and Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 1 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Grok 4.7 costs $1.5999999999999999/M input tokens and Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct costs $0.3/M input tokens. Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is $1.30/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 4.7 and Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct 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.

Keep exploring

More comparisons

Against the newest arrivals

Grok 4.7 logoDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp logo
Grok 4.7 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpLanded Sep 2026
Grok 4.7 logoSolar Pro 4 logo
Grok 4.7 vs Solar Pro 4Landed Sep 2026
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct logoHy3 logo
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct vs Hy3Landed Sep 2026
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct logoQwen3.7 Flash logo
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct vs Qwen3.7 FlashLanded Sep 2026
Grok 4.7 logoLing 3.0 Flash logo
Grok 4.7 vs Ling 3.0 FlashLanded Sep 2026
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct logoMuse Glimmer 30B logo
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct vs Muse Glimmer 30BLanded Sep 2026
Grok 4.7 logoGLM 5.3 logo
Grok 4.7 vs GLM 5.3Landed Sep 2026
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct logoTernary Bonsai 2 27B logo
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct vs Ternary Bonsai 2 27BLanded Sep 2026

Same lab, same size, long tail

Grok 4.7 logoGrok 4.6 logo
Grok 4.7 vs Grok 4.6Same lab
Grok 4.7 logoGrok 4.5 logo
Grok 4.7 vs Grok 4.5Same lab
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct logoKimi K3 logo
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct vs Kimi K3Same lab
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct logoKimi K2.7 Code logo
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct vs Kimi K2.7 CodeSame lab
Grok 4.7 logoClaude Opus 4.5 logo
Grok 4.7 vs Claude Opus 4.5New provider
Grok 4.7 logoClaude Opus 4.6 logo
Grok 4.7 vs Claude Opus 4.6New provider
Grok 4.7 logoClaude Opus 4.7 logo
Grok 4.7 vs Claude Opus 4.7New provider
Grok 4.7 logoClaude Opus 4.8 logo
Grok 4.7 vs Claude Opus 4.8New provider

Model pages

Grok 4.7 logo
Grok 4.72 outputs, specs and price
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct logo
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct35 outputs, specs and price
Rival
How it worksPrivacyTerms
Explore all of Rival

Explore

  • Compare Models
  • All Models
  • Image Comparison
  • Audio Comparison
  • Image Generation
  • Best AI For...
  • Arena
  • API Pricing
  • Challenges

Discover

  • SubjectiveBench
  • Research
  • Research downloads
  • Rival Kits
  • Find your AI taste
  • UI Glow-Up
  • VoiceLock
  • Cost Cutter
  • Agent skills
  • Benchmarks vs Vibes
  • Brief
  • Jailbreak
  • Model Updates
  • Provider Status
  • AI Creators

Connect

  • Methodology
  • Advertise
  • Partnerships
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms
  • RSS Feed