SpaceXAI: Grok 4.7 vs DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-11-07.
| SpaceXAI: Grok 4.7 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | x-ai | deepseek |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Input Price | $2.00/M | $0.01/M |
| Output Price | $6.00/M | $0.20/M |
| Context Window | 500,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max Output | 450,000 | 943,718 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) costs $0.061 and Grok 4.7 costs $3.50, so DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) is about 57.4 times cheaper for the same work.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) reads up to 1,048,576 tokens at once, roughly 1,573 pages of text, against about 750 pages for Grok 4.7.
Across the 10 tasks where they differ, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) on 10 (SQL Generation, Code Completion, Code Documentation and others).
Pick DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) if you need lower cost, long documents or the stronger all-round task scores.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | SpaceXAI: Grok 4.7 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 133 | 134 |
| Code Completion | 118 | 132 |
| Code Documentation | 130 | 132 |
| Regex Writing | 118 | 120 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 133 | 134 |
| JSON Extraction | 122 | 132 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 119 | 129 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 137 | 138 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 114 | 124 |
| Blog Post Writing | 121 | 122 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →