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.
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 | Grok 4.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 55.0 | 53.1 |
| Released | 2026-07-08 | 2026-09-21 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 500K | 500K |
| Max output | 500K | 500K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 52 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.7 leads
Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35), Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | 42.4% | 47.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1553 | 1639 |
| SciCode | 54.1% | 57.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1474 | 1427 |
| DeepSWE | 53.8% | — |
| CursorBench | — | 46.3% |
| FrontierSWE | — | 29.5% |
| WeirdML | 46.4% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,309 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.5 leads
Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17), Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 56.2% | 54.6% |
| GDP.pdf | 14% | 22.8% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 3,887 | 10,537 |
| τ²-bench Banking | 47.9% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 23.4% | — |
| GBAEval | 65.4% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1213 | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.5 leads
Grok 4.5: 56.1 (#25), Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 79.9% | 76.8% |
| CritPt | 15.4% | 18% |
| Chess Puzzles | 36% | 38% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1462 | 1413 |
| DTBench | 96.5% | 96% |
| LMCA | 45.2% | 49.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 153.92 | 153.53 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 52.6% | — |
| SimpleBench | 70% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 83.5% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.2% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 29% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 74.4% | — |
Math Grok 4.5 leads
Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35), Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 57.2% | 53% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 24.4% | 17.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 97.8% | 98.1% |
| ProofBench | 31% | 34% |
| LMArena Math | 1459 | 1407 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24), Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.4% | 92.7% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 48.3% | 56% |
| LMArena Expert | 1466 | 1422 |
Multimodal Grok 4.5 leads
Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72), Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1288 | 1228 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 27.3% | 32.5% |
| Furniture Assembly | 22.5% | 20.8% |
| LMArena Document | 1452 | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.5 leads
Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42), Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1440 | 1389 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1496 | 1455 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | 1455 |
| LMArena Russian | 1448 | 1397 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1450 | 1400 |
| LMArena German | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1428 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1404 | — |
Instruction Following Grok 4.5 leads
Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48), Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1446 | 1404 |
Long Context Grok 4.5 leads
Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56), Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1463 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads
Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42), Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 1399 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1442 | 1391 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1579 | 2007 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1393 |
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.