GLM-5.3-Flash vs Grok 4.7 (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: GLM-5.3-Flash by Z AI or Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) by SpaceXAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) scores 4.6 points higher (46.4 vs 41.8) but costs 16× as much to run the benchmark ($4967 vs $306; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) when you need intelligence above 41.8, and GLM-5.3-Flash when 41.8 is enough.
| Metric | GLM-5.3-Flash | Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 41.8 | 46.4 | +11.0% Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is 11.0% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $305.52 | $4,967.35 | +1525.9% Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is 16× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 38.89s | 40.07s | +3.0% Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is 3.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.15 / $0.50 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) vs GLM-5.3-Flash: 11.0% more intelligence, 1525.9% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 3.0% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GLM-5.3-Flash is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- 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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