Model comparison

Grok 4.7 vs Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index. Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct costs 19× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct Meta

30.6

Rank #291 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.7 scores higher in 9 categories and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4.7 leads 57.8 to 15.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.1% for Grok 4.7 and 5.1% for Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct.
  • Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.32 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.7.
  • Grok 4.7 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 128K.
  • Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.7 and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct specifications
Grok 4.7Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
ProviderxAIMeta
Noometry Index53.130.6
Released2026-09-212024-12-06
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K128K
Max output500K4K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.10
Output $ / M tokens$6$0.32
Results tracked3943

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 31.0 (#290)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
SciCode57.8%26%
LMArena Coding14271268
FrontierCode47.6%—
CursorBench46.3%—
LMArena WebDev1639—
FrontierSWE29.5%—
WeirdML—14.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct—46.9%
LiveBench Coding—36.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—57.5%

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 25.8 (#105)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
APEX-Agents54.6%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—31.9%
BALROG—23%
GDP.pdf22.8%—
Vending-Bench 210,537—

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 14.1 (#327)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
CritPt18%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14131257
DTBench96%59.5%
LMCA49.4%17.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index153.53127.33
SimpleBench—19.9%
NYT Connections (extended)76.8%—
Chess Puzzles38%—
LiveBench Reasoning—50.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles29%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—49.5%
ForecastBench—58.6
LiveBench—50.2%

Math Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 15.3 (#298)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.1%5.1%
LMArena Math14071267
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)53%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
ProofBench34%—
LiveBench Math—42.2%
MATH Level 5—41.6%

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 30.6 (#226)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
GPQA Diamond92.7%47.4%
LMArena Expert14221225
SimpleQA Verified56%—
Confabulations—22.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—4.1%
MMLU—86.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
LMArena Vision1228—
Blueprint-Bench 232.5%—
Furniture Assembly20.8%—

Multilingual Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 39.9 (#220)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
LMArena Non-English13891236
LMArena Chinese14551217
LMArena French14551281
LMArena Russian13971252
LMArena Spanish14001270
LMArena German—1251
LMArena Japanese—1150
LMArena Korean—1143

Instruction Following Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 71.1 (#157)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14041242
LiveBench Instruction Following—82.7%

Long Context Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 26.4 (#295)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14131256
Fiction.LiveBench—33.3%

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 47.6 (#207)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
LMArena Text13991274
LMArena Creative Writing13911250
LMArena Multi-Turn13931280
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2007—
LiveBench Language—39.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.7 better than Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index. Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct costs 19× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.7 or Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct?

Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.32 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.7 or Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 31.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.7 does, with 500K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.7 and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 39 scored results on Noometry and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct has 43.

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