Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) vs Grok 4.7 (High)
Which is better for the money: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) by Anthropic or Grok 4.7 (High) by SpaceXAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Grok 4.7 (High)
Grok 4.7 (High) vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max): 53.8% more intelligence, 21.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 70.1% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) | Grok 4.7 (High) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 30.1 | 46.3 | +53.8% Grok 4.7 (High) is 53.8% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,924.80 | $3,880.88 | −21.2% Grok 4.7 (High) is 21.2% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 104.36s | 31.16s | −70.1% Grok 4.7 (High) is 70.1% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $3.00 / $15.0 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
- Grok 4.7 (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.
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