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Updated Sep 2026

Grok 4vsGrok 4.7

Grok 4.7 is cheaper than Grok 4 at $1.6/M vs $3/M input tokens.

Grok 4 and Grok 4.7 compared across 10 shared prompts
SpecGrok 4Grok 4.7
Input price$3/M tokens$1.6/M tokens
Output price$15/M tokens$4.8/M tokens
Context window256K tokens500K tokens
Weights—Closed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedJul 2025Sep 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 4234 words
Recipe: Pantry Pirate's Tomato Tango This is a simple savory pasta dish that's hearty, flavorful, and perfect for a quick weeknight meal. It uses just 7 common pantry ingredients: pasta (like spaghetti or penne), canned diced tomatoes, olive oil (or any vegetable oil), salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and dried…
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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 41,551 words
Below, I'll systematically identify potential failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks in the described architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor. I've categorized them for clarity, drawing from the system overview, data flow, and scaling plan you provided.
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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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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 4958 words
Explanation for an Experienced Software Engineer Imagine scaling up something as basic as your IDE's code autocompletion to handle the entire internet's worth of text—that's essentially what a large language model (LLM) like GPT or Claude does.
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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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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 4866 words
Below, I'll identify the three weakest claims from the pitch deck summary based on a critical analysis of their plausibility, substantiation, and logical consistency.
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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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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 4877 words
Below is a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed for beginners starting their journey toward better health and longevity. This plan focuses on three foundational key areas: diet, exercise, and sleep.
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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 4.7
Grok 4.7
Grok 4
Grok 4Runner-up

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

Grok 4.7 costs 3.1x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Grok 4
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Grok 4.7
Input
$1.60
1.9× cheaper
Output
$4.80
3.1× cheaper

Grok 4.7 is cheaper on both: 1.9× input, 3.1× output.

Where to run it

1 host

Grok 4

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Grok 4.71 host
HostInOutContextUptime
xAI$1.60 in·$4.80 out·500k·98.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

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Both are developed by xAI but target different use cases. Grok 4 has a 256K 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 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 costs $3/M input tokens and Grok 4.7 costs $1.6/M input tokens. Grok 4.7 is $1.40/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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