Model comparison

GPT-5.1 vs Grok 4.7

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 49.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 27 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1 OpenAI

49.0

Rank #53 Confirmed

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.1 scores higher in 4 categories and Grok 4.7 in 6 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.7 leads 62.8 to 50.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 43.3% for GPT-5.1 and 57.8% for Grok 4.7.
  • Grok 4.7 is cheaper at $2 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $10 for GPT-5.1.
  • Grok 4.7 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 400K.

Side by side

GPT-5.1 and Grok 4.7 specifications
GPT-5.1Grok 4.7
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index49.053.1
Released2025-11-132026-09-21
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K500K
Max output128K500K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$2
Output $ / M tokens$10$6
Results tracked6339

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

GPT-5.1: 46.4 (#66), Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok 4.7
LMArena WebDev13951639
SciCode43.3%57.8%
LMArena Coding14541427
SWE-bench Verified68%—
FrontierCode—47.6%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
CursorBench—46.3%
FrontierSWE—29.5%
GSO13.7%—
WeirdML60.8%—
LiveBench Coding72.5%—
ALE-Bench1,192—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.7 leads

GPT-5.1: 32.7 (#60), Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok 4.7
Vending-Bench 21,47310,537
Terminal-Bench47.6%—
APEX-Agents—54.6%
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
GDP.pdf—22.8%
LMArena Search1199—

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

GPT-5.1: 39.8 (#58), Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok 4.7
CritPt4.9%18%
Chess Puzzles32%38%
LMArena Hard Prompts14571413
Mystery Game Puzzles19%29%
DTBench90.1%96%
LMCA43.9%49.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index149.64153.53
ARC-AGI-217.6%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)—76.8%
ARC-AGI-172.8%—
EnigmaEval11.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning95.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis72.1%—
ForecastBench58.1—
LiveBench78.8%—

Math Grok 4.7 leads

GPT-5.1: 52.2 (#51), Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39)

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

GPT-5.1: 50.6 (#71), Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok 4.7
GPQA Diamond87.6%92.7%
SimpleQA Verified48%56%
LMArena Expert14701422
Humanity's Last Exam23.7%—
MMLU-Pro57.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.9%—
GPQA (HELM)44.2%—

Multimodal GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 44.8 (#19), Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok 4.7
LMArena Vision12501228
VPCT58.7%—
Blueprint-Bench 2—32.5%
Furniture Assembly—20.8%
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 53.8 (#56), Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok 4.7
LMArena Non-English14311389
LMArena Chinese14951455
LMArena French14501455
LMArena Russian14351397
LMArena Spanish14331400
LMArena German1438—
LMArena Japanese1453—
LMArena Korean1401—

Instruction Following GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 83.9 (#1), Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok 4.7
LMArena Instruction Following14431404
LiveBench Instruction Following93.3%—
IFEval93.5%—

Long Context GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14), Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok 4.7
LMArena Longer Query14471413
CL-bench23.7%—
CL-bench Life17.3%—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

GPT-5.1: 64.5 (#55), Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Grok 4.7
LMArena Text14431399
LMArena Creative Writing14271391
LMArena Multi-Turn14501393
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2007
WildBench86.3%—
LiveBench Language80.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1 better than Grok 4.7?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 49.0 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.1 or Grok 4.7?

Grok 4.7 is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; GPT-5.1 lists at $1.25 and $10.

Is GPT-5.1 or Grok 4.7 better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 46.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.7 does, with 500K tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1 and Grok 4.7 share?

27 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1 has 63 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.7 has 39.

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