Compare performance benchmarks, coding intelligence, reasoning evaluations, context limits, and API economics between Grok 4.7 (xAI) and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (DeepSeek).
| Metric / Capability | Grok 4.7 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer / Organization | xAI | DeepSeek |
| Release Date | 2026-09-21 | 2026-10-17 |
| Deployment / Weights | Proprietary Cloud API | Open Weights |
| Context Window | 500K tokens (500,000 tokens) | 1.0M tokens (1,048,576 tokens) |
| Input Pricing (/1M Tokens) | $2 | Free (Open Weights) |
| Output Pricing (/1M Tokens) | $6 | Free (Open Weights) |
| Benchmark / Domain | Grok 4.7 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index Composite index aggregating 10+ evaluations of general reasoning and knowledge. | 46.4% | 39.5% | Grok 4.7 (+17%) |
Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index v2.0 Composite index of coding-agent systems (model + harness) across FrontierCode v1.1, SWE-Atlas-QnA, and Terminal-Bench v4. | 46.6% | 46.3% | Grok 4.7 (+1%) |
Terminal-Bench 4.0 Sandboxed command-line tasks requiring shell and file-system operation. | 38.0% | 42.3% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (+11%) |
ARC-AGI-2 Novel visual grid puzzles requiring abstract rule induction. | 61.4% | — | — |
GPQA Diamond Graduate-level physics, chemistry, and biology questions written by domain experts. | — | 90.9% | — |
Humanity's Last Exam Expert-written questions across hundreds of disciplines designed to resist saturation. | — | 42.6% | — |
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) Unpublished, research-level mathematics problems across Tiers 1-3. | 53.0% | 67.4% | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (+27%) |
Design Arena ELO Human-preference ELO across UI, 3D, data-visualization, and game-dev generations. | 1314 | 1362 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (+4%) |
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 outperforms Grok 4.7 across 3 evaluated benchmarks compared to 2 for Grok 4.7, excelling in Terminal-Bench 4.0, FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3), Design Arena ELO.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 has the larger context capacity of 1.0M tokens (1,048,576 tokens), compared to 500K tokens for Grok 4.7.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is more economical. Input tokens cost $Free (Open Weights)/M tokens compared to $2/M tokens for Grok 4.7.
Grok 4.7 is a proprietary cloud API. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is an open-weights model.
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