Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) by SpaceXAI or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL by NVIDIA? 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 19.9 points higher (46.4 vs 26.5) but costs 17× as much to run the benchmark ($4967 vs $286; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) when you need intelligence above 26.5, and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL when 26.5 is enough.
| Metric | Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 46.4 | 26.5 | −42.9% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 42.9% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,967.35 | $286.07 | −94.2% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 94.2% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 72.71s | 6.31s | −91.3% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 91.3% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.23 / $0.57 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Grok 4.7 (Xhigh): 42.9% less intelligence, 94.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 91.3% faster end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- 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.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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