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Updated Sep 2026

Grok 4.7vsSeed 2.1 Turbo

Seed 2.1 Turbo is cheaper than Grok 4.7 at $0.5/M vs $1.6/M input tokens.

Grok 4.7 and Seed 2.1 Turbo compared across 10 shared prompts
SpecGrok 4.7Seed 2.1 Turbo
Input price$1.6/M tokens$0.5/M tokens
Output price$4.8/M tokens$2.5/M tokens
Context window500K tokens262K tokens
WeightsClosed—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Aug 2026
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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 4.7129 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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Seed 2.1 Turbo432 words
Dish Name: Pantry Lava Chickpea Crisp A cozy, savory one-skillet meal with bubbly garlicky tomato sauce studded with crispy chickpeas, topped with a crunchy spiced oat crumble. Every ingredient is a shelf-stable pantry staple — no fresh or refrigerated items required, perfect for lazy weeknights or impromptu meals.
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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 4.71,399 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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Seed 2.1 Turbo2,839 words
Below is a structured analysis of all failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks in the proposed architecture, paired with specific, actionable solutions and their trade-offs. Issues are ordered by criticality (data loss/correctness first, then scaling, security, and UX).
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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 4.7599 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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Seed 2.1 Turbo1,137 words
The 3 Weakest Claims in the MindMeld AI Pitch Below are the most problematic claims, ranked by their severity, logical flaws, and impact on investor credibility, along with concrete fixes: Weak Claim: $180B Total Addressable Market (TAM) (Slide 4) The claim: "The BCI market is projected to reach $5.3B by 2030 (Grand…
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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 4.7442 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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Seed 2.1 Turbo1,433 words
1-Month Beginner Longevity Plan Who This Is For People with zero consistent health routine, busy schedules, no gym access, and no desire for restrictive diets or extreme changes. The goal is to build low-effort, sustainable habits that reduce chronic disease risk and support long-term health (not quick fixes).
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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 4.71,173 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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Seed 2.1 Turbo1,837 words
Explanation for an experienced software engineer (skeptical of "predict the next word" as intelligence) Your skepticism is well-founded—on its face, “predict the next word” sounds like a fancy autocomplete you could hack together in a weekend with a trie and a corpus of Reddit comments.
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Our Verdict
Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7
Seed 2.1 Turbo
Seed 2.1 TurboRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Grok 4.7 has the edge: newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Grok 4.7
Input
$1.60
Output
$4.80
Seed 2.1 Turbo
Input
$0.50
3.2× cheaper
Output
$2.50
1.9× cheaper

Seed 2.1 Turbo is cheaper on both: 3.2× input, 1.9× output.

Where to run it

2 hosts

Grok 4.71 host
HostInOutContextUptime
xAI$1.60 in·$4.80 out·500k·99.1% up
Seed 2.1 Turbo1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
ByteDance Seedfp8$0.50 in·$2.50 out·262k·99.9% up

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

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Grok 4.7 is developed by xAI while Seed 2.1 Turbo is developed by ByteDance. Grok 4.7 has a 500K token context window vs Seed 2.1 Turbo's 262K. 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 4.7 and Seed 2.1 Turbo 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 4.7 costs $1.6/M input tokens and Seed 2.1 Turbo costs $0.5/M input tokens. Seed 2.1 Turbo is $1.10/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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