Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs Grok 4.7

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Grok 4.7 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (52.8 vs 53.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 32 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Summary

They share 32 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 6 categories and Grok 4.7 in 4 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 66.7 to 57.8.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 54% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 34% for Grok 4.7.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.7.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 500K.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Grok 4.7 specifications
	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Grok 4.7
Provider	DeepSeek	xAI
Noometry Index	52.8	53.1
Released	2026-09-09	2026-09-21
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	1M	500K
Max output	393K	500K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.15	$2
Output $ / M tokens	$0.60	$6
Results tracked	37	39

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Grok 4.7
LMArena WebDev	1619	1639
SciCode	51.9%	57.8%
LMArena Coding	1506	1427
FrontierCode	—	47.6%
CursorBench	—	46.3%
FrontierSWE	—	29.5%
ALE-Bench	1,092	—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.7 leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Grok 4.7
APEX-Agents	39.5%	54.6%
GDP.pdf	19.8%	22.8%
Vending-Bench 2	—	10,537

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Grok 4.7
NYT Connections (extended)	89.6%	76.8%
CritPt	14.3%	18%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1483	1413
Mystery Game Puzzles	43%	29%
DTBench	89.9%	96%
LMCA	47%	49.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index	154.9	153.53
Chess Puzzles	—	38%
Surface Evolver Bench	46.3%	—

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25), Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Grok 4.7
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	67.4%	53%
FrontierMath Tier 4	26.8%	17.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	98.3%	98.1%
ProofBench	54%	34%
LMArena Math	1477	1407

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Grok 4.7
GPQA Diamond	89.8%	92.7%
LMArena Expert	1506	1422
SimpleQA Verified	—	56%

Multimodal DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Grok 4.7
LMArena Vision	1277	1228
Furniture Assembly	34.2%	20.8%
Blueprint-Bench 2	—	32.5%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Grok 4.7
LMArena Non-English	1448	1389
LMArena Chinese	1497	1455
LMArena French	1452	1455
LMArena Russian	1471	1397
LMArena Spanish	1459	1400
LMArena German	1484	—
LMArena Japanese	1412	—
LMArena Korean	1452	—

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26), Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Grok 4.7
LMArena Instruction Following	1474	1404

Long Context DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Grok 4.7
LMArena Longer Query	1475	1413

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Grok 4.7
LMArena Text	1462	1399
LMArena Creative Writing	1435	1391
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1540	2007
LMArena Multi-Turn	1457	1393

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than Grok 4.7?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Grok 4.7 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (52.8 vs 53.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Grok 4.7?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or Grok 4.7 better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 52.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 500K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Grok 4.7 share?

32 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.7 has 39.