Model comparison

Grok 4.5 vs Grok 4.7

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 53.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 36 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.5 xAI

55.0

Rank #25 Confirmed

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 36 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Grok 4.7 in 3 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Grok 4.5 leads 44.4 to 36.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GDP.pdf: 14% for Grok 4.5 and 22.8% for Grok 4.7.
  • Both cost about the same: $2 input and $6 output per million tokens.

Side by side

Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.7 specifications
Grok 4.5Grok 4.7
ProviderxAIxAI
Noometry Index55.053.1
Released2026-07-082026-09-21
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window500K500K
Max output500K500K
Input $ / M tokens$2$2
Output $ / M tokens$6$6
Results tracked5239

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35), Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Grok 4.7
FrontierCode42.4%47.6%
LMArena WebDev15531639
SciCode54.1%57.8%
LMArena Coding14741427
DeepSWE53.8%—
CursorBench—46.3%
FrontierSWE—29.5%
WeirdML46.4%—
ALE-Bench1,309—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17), Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Grok 4.7
APEX-Agents56.2%54.6%
GDP.pdf14%22.8%
Vending-Bench 23,88710,537
τ²-bench Banking47.9%—
PostTrainBench23.4%—
GBAEval65.4%—
LMArena Search1213—

Reasoning Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 56.1 (#25), Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Grok 4.7
NYT Connections (extended)79.9%76.8%
CritPt15.4%18%
Chess Puzzles36%38%
LMArena Hard Prompts14621413
DTBench96.5%96%
LMCA45.2%49.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index153.92153.53
ARC-AGI-252.6%—
SimpleBench70%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark83.5%—
ARC-AGI-187.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—29%
Surface Evolver Bench74.4%—

Math Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35), Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Grok 4.7
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%53%
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%17.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.8%98.1%
ProofBench31%34%
LMArena Math14591407

Knowledge Too close to call

Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24), Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Grok 4.7
GPQA Diamond93.4%92.7%
SimpleQA Verified48.3%56%
LMArena Expert14661422

Multimodal Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72), Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Grok 4.7
LMArena Vision12881228
Blueprint-Bench 227.3%32.5%
Furniture Assembly22.5%20.8%
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42), Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Grok 4.7
LMArena Non-English14401389
LMArena Chinese14961455
LMArena French14561455
LMArena Russian14481397
LMArena Spanish14501400
LMArena German1446—
LMArena Japanese1428—
LMArena Korean1404—

Instruction Following Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48), Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Grok 4.7
LMArena Instruction Following14461404

Long Context Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56), Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Grok 4.7
LMArena Longer Query14631413

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42), Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Grok 4.7
LMArena Text14481399
LMArena Creative Writing14421391
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15792007
LMArena Multi-Turn14561393

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.5 better than Grok 4.7?

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 53.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.5 or Grok 4.7?

Grok 4.7 is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Grok 4.5 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.5 or Grok 4.7 better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 52.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 500K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.5 and Grok 4.7 share?

36 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.5 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.7 has 39.

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