Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.7 vs Phi-4 Mini

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index. Phi-4 Mini costs 23× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Phi-4 Mini Microsoft

30.9

Rank #283 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.7 scores higher in 3 categories and Phi-4 Mini in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.7 leads 62.8 to 25.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 57.8% for Grok 4.7 and 10.8% for Phi-4 Mini.
  • Phi-4 Mini is cheaper at $0.075 / $0.30 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.7.
  • Grok 4.7 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 128K.
  • Phi-4 Mini has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.7Phi-4 Mini
ProviderxAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index53.130.9
Released2026-09-212024-12-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K128K
Max output500K4K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.075
Output $ / M tokens$6$0.30
Results tracked393

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi-4 Mini
SciCode57.8%10.8%
FrontierCode47.6%—
CursorBench46.3%—
LMArena WebDev1639—
FrontierSWE29.5%—
LMArena Coding1427—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi-4 Mini
APEX-Agents54.6%—
GDP.pdf22.8%—
Vending-Bench 210,537—

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi-4 Mini
CritPt18%0%
NYT Connections (extended)76.8%—
Chess Puzzles38%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1413—
Mystery Game Puzzles29%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA49.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.53—

Math Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi-4 Mini
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)53%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.1%—
ProofBench34%—
LMArena Math1407—

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi-4 Mini
GPQA Diamond92.7%—
SimpleQA Verified56%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—23.5%
LMArena Expert1422—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi-4 Mini
LMArena Vision1228—
Blueprint-Bench 232.5%—
Furniture Assembly20.8%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi-4 Mini
LMArena Non-English1389—
LMArena Chinese1455—
LMArena French1455—
LMArena Russian1397—
LMArena Spanish1400—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi-4 Mini
LMArena Instruction Following1404—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi-4 Mini
LMArena Longer Query1413—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24), Phi-4 Mini: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi-4 Mini
LMArena Text1399—
LMArena Creative Writing1391—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2007—
LMArena Multi-Turn1393—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.7 better than Phi-4 Mini?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index. Phi-4 Mini costs 23× 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 Phi-4 Mini?

Phi-4 Mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.075 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.7 or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 28.1 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 Phi-4 Mini share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 39 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.

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