Grok 4.7
Decent agent and web-app work, weak at writing; GPT-6.1 Sol ranks higher for less per task.
Should you use it?
Pick it if
People already paying for a Grok plan, or Cursor users who want another option for web-app work.
Skip it if
You are choosing a model on quality or cost; GPT-6.1 Sol and Muse Spark 1.3 rank higher and cost less per task.
The short version
- What this is
- xAI's flagship model for coding and knowledge work, released 21 Sep 2026, in Grok, Cursor and the xAI API.
- Why it matters
- It is a big-name launch, but on public boards it trails cheaper models, so most people can pass on it.
- Rank 15 on arena.ai WebDev and 21 on the Agent board; rank 74 on Creative Writing s3 s1 s5.
- About $3.74 per Artificial Analysis index task at xhigh, against $0.72 for GPT-6.1 Sol s2.
- API $2 / $6 per 1M tokens s8; xAI's $30/month Premium plan promises the latest Grok models but names none s7.
Good at
Our take
Grok 4.7 is a capable model that doesn't stand out on price or quality. On 11 Oct 2026 it ranks 15th on arena.ai WebDev and 21st on the Agent board s3 s1; on the Artificial Analysis index it is 9th of distinct models s2. Its writing ranks are low s5 s6.
The low token price is misleading. At xhigh effort it costs about $3.74 per Artificial Analysis index task, around five times GPT-6.1 Sol, which scores higher s2. On the arena.ai Agent board it costs $1.83 a task against $0.58 for GPT-6.1 Sol, median s1. xAI says it is its "most powerful model for coding and knowledge work" s9; the public boards put several cheaper models above it.
Scores by job
A score from 0 to 100 per job, against everything available today. Overall 64 across 2 jobs, the average of the job scores.
New to this? What the scores and labels mean
- 0 to 100
- Our score for one job, like writing or coding, compared with everything else out today. 100 is the best available today. For AI models we build it from public data, such as Arena's blind votes and Epoch AI's independent tests; apps and tools are scored on our own checklist. The same tool can score differently for different jobs, and where two likely ranges overlap, we call it a tie.
- Our verdict
- Use it: a top choice for most people. Worth trying: good, and worth a go. Depends: good for some people or one kind of job. Wait: too early to tell, or not out for everyone yet. Skip: something else does the job better.
- First look
- Just released. We say what it is and whether to bother, and give it a score once public results exist.
- No score yet
- None of the public sources we use covers it yet, or the only evidence is from a source whose numbers we can't use, so we describe it in words instead.
- Best buy
- Nothing cheaper scores as well for that job.
- Best free
- The best score for that job that costs nothing, through a free plan or by running on your own computer.
- Pay as you go
- No monthly plan: you pay for each use, usually through a developer account.
- Checked
- The day we last confirmed the score and the price against the sources. Prices change often, so check the date.
- AI model
- The engine underneath, like GPT or Claude. You use it through an app or, if you code, directly.
- Open source
- Free to download and run on your own computer, so nothing leaves your machine.
#8 of the 12 we have scored for this job.
From blind votes (Arena) · Arena data, CC BY 4.0
1 source so farData read 20 Oct
#15 of the 21 we have scored for this job.
From blind votes (Arena) · Arena data, CC BY 4.0
1 source so farData read 20 Oct
#16 in Arena's blind votes for agents. Those votes give a rank but no rating, so there is no score yet.
#16 in Arena's blind votes for agents (rank only, no score yet) · Arena data, CC BY 4.0
2 sourcesData read 20 Oct
Alternatives
Better or cheaper for agents, from our scores, then the ones we'd also look at. The same kind of product comes first.
- Claude Opus 5.5BetterText model#1$20 a monthRanked #1 on Arena's Agent board in agents, against #16 here; $20 a month. Side by side
- MiMo-V2.6-ProFreeText model#13FreeRanked #13 on Arena's Agent board in agents, with a free plan. Side by side
- GPT-6.1 SolText model#4$20 a monthHigher on WebDev and Agent, and $0.58 against $1.83 per arena.ai Agent task (median). Side by side
- Muse Spark 1.3Text model#15$5 a monthRanks higher on WebDev and Agent at $0.52 per arena.ai Agent task (median). Side by side
- Claude Sonnet 5.5Text model#5$20 a monthThird on WebDev if you want a stronger coding model. Side by side
Value for money
Where it sits in agents: higher is a better score, further left is cheaper. Green dots are the Best buys.
Evidence
Everything behind the call and the scores, folded so the page stays short. Spotted a wrong price, score or link? Report a mistake.
How we scored this
The writing and coding scores are our own, built from public data: blind votes on Arena and, where they cover the job, Epoch AI's independent tests. How we combine them is our method and we don't publish it. For agents, Arena's blind votes give a rank but no rating, so we show the rank and no score yet.
Public leaderboardIndependent test
Reviews are drafted with help from AI models, including Anthropic's Claude. Model scores come only from outside leaderboards and independent evaluations, by a written rule.
No one paid for this review or gave us free access, and we earn nothing if you sign up. How we score
Sources 11
- s1arena.ai Agent leaderboard
- s2Artificial Analysis LLM leaderboard
- s3arena.ai Code Arena: WebDev leaderboard
- s4arena.ai Text: Coding leaderboard
- s5arena.ai Text: Creative Writing leaderboard
- s6arena.ai Text: Instruction Following leaderboard
- s7xAI pricing (Grok plans)
- s8xAI API docs: Models and pricing
- s9xAI: Grok 4.7
- s10xAI Consumer FAQs
- s11arena.ai Agent Alignment Index
Something here out of date or wrong? Report a mistake and we will check it against the source.
History 5 changes
Every change to a rating, the price or our call, with the reason. Scores are against what exists on the day, so they drift down as better things ship. Older entries come from before we moved to scores.
- Plans: xAI's pricing page no longer names a model on any plan (its plans are now Free, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra), so we no longer say SuperGrok lists Grok 4.7.
- New: Agents ratedNew: Coding ratedNew: Writing ratedReviewed: agents, coding, writing.
- Audit: arena.ai Agent median cost corrected from $1.85 to $1.83, with GPT-6.1 Sol $0.58 and Muse Spark 1.3 $0.52 from the same median column; Text Coding rank corrected from 89 to 90 of 409 on the live board. Ratings re-derived, unchanged.
- Audit: applied our tie rule to the Artificial Analysis rank, now 9th instead of 8th (tied with MiMo-V2.6-Pro at 46). Still the same, so agents stays the same.
- Text Coding rank updated from 90 to 89 on the live board; same band, no rating change.
Use it well 4 guides on this site
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