gpt-oss-20b (High) vs Grok 4.7 (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: gpt-oss-20b (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 37.4 points higher (46.4 vs 9.0) but costs 172× as much to run the benchmark ($4967 vs $28.8; flagship vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) when you need intelligence above 9.0, and gpt-oss-20b (High) when 9.0 is enough.
| Metric | gpt-oss-20b (High) | Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 9.0 | 46.4 | +415.6% Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is 5.2× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $28.81 | $4,967.35 | +17141.8% Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is 172× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 16.48s | 40.07s | +143.1% Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is 143.1% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.05 / $0.22 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) vs gpt-oss-20b (High): 415.6% more intelligence, 17141.8% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 143.1% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- gpt-oss-20b (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Low) scores 21.50 for $10.6.
- 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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