Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) vs Grok 4.7 (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) by Anthropic or Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) by SpaceXAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) scores 5.2 points higher (46.4 vs 41.2) but costs 28× as much to run the benchmark ($4438 vs $158; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) when you need intelligence above 41.2, and Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) when 41.2 is enough.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) | Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 41.2 | 46.4 | +12.6% Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is 12.6% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $157.58 | $4,438.03 | +2716.4% Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is 28× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 69.98s | 81.64s | +16.7% Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is 16.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh): 12.6% more intelligence, 2716.4% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 16.7% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
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