gpt-oss-120b (High) vs Grok 4.7 (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: gpt-oss-120b (High) by OpenAI 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 34.8 points higher (46.4 vs 11.6) but costs 40× as much to run the benchmark ($4967 vs $123; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) when you need intelligence above 11.6, and gpt-oss-120b (High) when 11.6 is enough.
| Metric | gpt-oss-120b (High) | Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 11.6 | 46.4 | +300.0% Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is 4.0× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $122.71 | $4,967.35 | +3948.0% Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is 40× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 11.44s | 45.88s | +301.0% Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is 301.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.15 / $0.60 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) vs gpt-oss-120b (High): 300.0% more intelligence, 3948.0% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 301.0% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- gpt-oss-120b (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Max) scores 38.10 for $122.
- 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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