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DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Grok 4.7

DeepSeek against SpaceXAI, compared on context, price, and verified benchmark results.

Catalog record checked September 26, 2026Individual provider fields may changeEvidence confidence: High — see receipts below

DeepSeek

DeepSeek V4 Pro

Frontier · Open weights

vs

SpaceXAI

Grok 4.7

Frontier

AI model capability comparison
SpecificationDeepSeek V4 ProGrok 4.7
ProviderDeepSeekSpaceXAI
TierFrontierFrontier
Context windowWinner: 1M500K
Max output384KNot verifiedUnverified
Input / 1M tokensWinner: $1.32$2
Output / 1M tokensWinner: $3.96$6
WeightsOpenClosed
Parameters1.6T total / 49B active (MoE)new, larger base model with longer RL on multi-hour tasks
Reasoning levelslow, high, maxlow, medium, high, xhigh
Modalitiestexttext, image
LicenseMITNot disclosedUnverified
API model iddeepseek-v4-progrok-4.7
ReleasedApril 24, 2026September 21, 2026
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index [max] (2026-09-26)36Not verifiedUnverified
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index [xhigh] (2026-09-26)Not verifiedUnverified46.4
SWE-bench Verified (2026-04-24)80.6Not verifiedUnverified
GPQA Diamond (2026-04-24)90.1Not verifiedUnverified
Humanity's Last Exam (2026-04-24)48.2Not verifiedUnverified
MMLU-Pro (2026-04-24)87.5Not verifiedUnverified
DeepSWE 1.1 [high] (2026-09-21)Not verifiedUnverified71
Terminal-Bench 4.0 [xhigh] (2026-09-26)Not verifiedUnverified25.8

Prices are USD per million tokens at standard rates, excluding batch and caching discounts. Bold indicates the better figure where one is objectively better. Values we could not confirm from the provider are shown as “Not verified” rather than estimated.

Benchmark receipts

Where each score comes from, and how far it can be compared across models.

  • 2026-09-26
    Artificial Analysis Terminal-Bench 4.0 (independent AA run, part of Intelligence Index v4.3.2)

    Agentic terminal work: long multi-step tasks executed in a sandboxed shell environment.

    Comparable with caveatNOT comparable with Terminal-Bench 2.x or 3.0 — 4.0 uses a new, non-overlapping task set. Within 4.0, scores from different harnesses (tbench.ai agent entries vs Artificial Analysis runs) are not interchangeable.

  • 2026-09-26
    Artificial Analysis

    Composite index blending reasoning, knowledge, and coding evals into one 0–100 score.

    Comparable with caveatOnly same-version scores are comparable. v4.3.2 was rebaselined (the top score fell from 66 on v4.1.1 to ~58), so v4.1.1 figures must not be compared with v4.3.2 figures — check measuredAt.

  • 2026-09-21
    xAI — Grok 4.7 announcement (vendor; not yet on Datacurve's board)

    Agentic software engineering: pass@1 on real repo tasks with reported cost per completed task.

    Directly comparable

  • 2026-04-24
    DeepSeek V4 Pro HF model card (vendor, Think Max, exact match)

    Real GitHub issue resolution: does the model's patch pass the hidden tests.

    Comparable with caveatPost-audit vendor claims and pre-audit scores sit on different task trust levels; scaffolding (agent harness, compute budget) also dominates results. Never aggregate across scaffolds.

Pricing tiers

DeepSeek V4 Pro: Official peak rates $1.32/$3.96 per MTok; off-peak $0.66/$1.98 (cache-miss). Cache hit $0.044 peak / $0.022 off-peak. Peak hours are weekdays 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC. Open weights (MIT). 1.6T/49B active MoE.

Grok 4.7: $2/$6 per MTok (<200K prompt); $4/$12 for all tokens at ≥200K. Cached input $0.50/MTok ($1.00 at ≥200K). US regional endpoint 1.1x. No Batch API; the 2x-price 'Fast' variant is Cursor and Grok Build only. xAI lists no separate text-output cap. Knowledge cutoff May 2026.

FrontierOpen weightsRecord checked September 26, 2026

DeepSeek V4 Pro

DeepSeek V4 Pro is DeepSeek's large open-weight (MIT) MoE with a 1M-token context — DeepSeek says the cheaper V4.1-Flash now beats it.

Best for

  • Cost-sensitive hosted agents
  • Open-weight deployments
  • High-volume coding

Watch out

On 2026-09-10 DeepSeek said it is phasing out V4-Pro (it later reversed the 2026-09-14 re-route and still serves it); plan new work on V4.1-Flash. Self-hosting needs datacentre VRAM.

FrontierRecord checked September 26, 2026

Grok 4.7

Grok 4.7 is xAI's flagship since 2026-09-21 — a larger new base model with longer RL on multi-hour tasks, at Grok 4.6's $2/$6 price.

Best for

  • Coding agents
  • Cost-sensitive frontier work
  • Cursor and GitHub Copilot users

Watch out

Token rates double above a 200K-token prompt and there is no Batch API; the DeepSWE figure is vendor-reported.

When the cheaper one wins

DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper on output at $3.96 per million tokens against $6 for Grok 4.7 — about 1.5×. Use the cheaper tier for classification, extraction, summarisation, and any task where the expensive model’s extra score does not change the accepted output. The expensive one only pays if your hardest task actually fails on the cheap tier. These are standard-tier API rates, excluding batch and cache discounts.

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Evidence confidence: High

How strong and complete the evidence behind this comparison is — not a prediction of which model is better.

  • Pricing verified on both sides — Input and output rates are verified for both models.
  • 4/5 core specs verified on both sides — Not published for at least one side: max output.
  • 1 shared named benchmark with differing scores — Measured on: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
  • Verified within the last 90 days — Newest catalog check was 2 days ago.
  • Both models carry source citations — Each side has at least two catalog sources on record.

Source receipts

Each catalog figure was checked against the provider or an independent second source on the date shown.

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Common questions

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Grok 4.7

Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Grok 4.7 cheaper for input?
DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper at $1.32 per million input tokens, against $2 for Grok 4.7 — roughly 1.5× the price. Output tokens usually dominate a real bill, so weigh the output rate more heavily than the input rate. These are base rates; DeepSeek V4 Pro has tiered pricing: Official peak rates $1.32/$3.96 per MTok; off-peak $0.66/$1.98 (cache-miss). Cache hit $0.044 peak / $0.022 off-peak. Peak hours are weekdays 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC. Open weights (MIT). 1.6T/49B active MoE. Grok 4.7 has tiered pricing: $2/$6 per MTok (<200K prompt); $4/$12 for all tokens at ≥200K. Cached input $0.50/MTok ($1.00 at ≥200K). US regional endpoint 1.1x. No Batch API; the 2x-price 'Fast' variant is Cursor and Grok Build only. xAI lists no separate text-output cap. Knowledge cutoff May 2026.
Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Grok 4.7 cheaper for output?
DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper at $3.96 per million output tokens, against $6 for Grok 4.7 — roughly 1.5× the price. Output tokens usually dominate a real bill, so weigh the output rate more heavily than the input rate. These are base rates; DeepSeek V4 Pro has tiered pricing: Official peak rates $1.32/$3.96 per MTok; off-peak $0.66/$1.98 (cache-miss). Cache hit $0.044 peak / $0.022 off-peak. Peak hours are weekdays 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC. Open weights (MIT). 1.6T/49B active MoE. Grok 4.7 has tiered pricing: $2/$6 per MTok (<200K prompt); $4/$12 for all tokens at ≥200K. Cached input $0.50/MTok ($1.00 at ≥200K). US regional endpoint 1.1x. No Batch API; the 2x-price 'Fast' variant is Cursor and Grok Build only. xAI lists no separate text-output cap. Knowledge cutoff May 2026.
Which has the larger context window, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Grok 4.7?
DeepSeek V4 Pro accepts 1M tokens against 500K for Grok 4.7. This only matters if you routinely send very long documents or large codebases.
Do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Grok 4.7 support the same reasoning levels?
DeepSeek V4 Pro exposes low, high, max, while Grok 4.7 exposes low, medium, high, xhigh.
Should I use DeepSeek V4 Pro or Grok 4.7?
Both sit in the frontier tier, so the choice usually comes down to price and context rather than capability. DeepSeek V4 Pro suits cost-sensitive hosted agents; Grok 4.7 suits coding agents.
Can I self-host DeepSeek V4 Pro or Grok 4.7?
DeepSeek V4 Pro publishes open weights, but self-hosting and third-party provider access depend on the licence, hardware, serving support, and availability. Grok 4.7 is a closed model whose supported access paths are controlled by its provider.

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Choosing between them

The verified figures that separate this pair, computed from the catalog rather than restated boilerplate.

  • Input price: DeepSeek V4 Pro costs $1.32 per 1M tokens versus $2 for Grok 4.7 — a 1.5x difference at the headline tier.
  • Context: DeepSeek V4 Pro takes 1M against 500K for Grok 4.7 — only decisive if your prompts approach the smaller window.
  • Deployment: DeepSeek V4 Pro publishes weights you can self-host; the other is API-only.
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