Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) vs Grok 4.7 (Low)
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) by Anthropic or Grok 4.7 (Low) by SpaceXAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Grok 4.7 (Low) scores 25.3 points higher (42.2 vs 16.9) but costs 2.7× as much to run the benchmark ($1631 vs $594; both premium class). Pick Grok 4.7 (Low) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning).
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) | Grok 4.7 (Low) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.9 | 42.2 | +149.7% Grok 4.7 (Low) is 2.5× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $594.08 | $1,630.69 | +174.5% Grok 4.7 (Low) is 2.7× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 23.18s | 11.28s | −51.3% Grok 4.7 (Low) is 51.3% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Grok 4.7 (Low) vs Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning): 149.7% more intelligence, 174.5% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 51.3% faster end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- Grok 4.7 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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