Grok 4.7 vs Laguna S 2.1: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Grok 4.7 is developed by xAI, while Laguna S 2.1 comes from Poolside. Laguna S 2.1 was released in July 2026, and Grok 4.7 followed 2 months later in September 2026. Laguna S 2.1 has a published size of about 118 billion parameters; xAI has not disclosed the parameter count of Grok 4.7.
We have 23 benchmark results for Grok 4.7 and 6 benchmark results for Laguna S 2.1, but they overlap on a single test: DeepSWE 1.1, where Grok 4.7 scores 71.0% against 40.4%.
Laguna S 2.1 is the cheaper API at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens, roughly 20 times cheaper than Grok 4.7 at $2 and $6. Laguna S 2.1 takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 500K for Grok 4.7. Grok 4.7 accepts text and images as input, while Laguna S 2.1 accepts text. On tooling, only Grok 4.7 supports function calling and only Grok 4.7 offers structured output.
| Characteristic | Grok 4.7 | Laguna S 2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Company | xAI | Poolside |
| Release Date | September 21, 2026 | July 21, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | 118B |
| Multimodal | Yes | No |
| Context (input) | 500K | 1.0M |
| Input Price / 1M | $2.00 | $0.10 |
| Output Price / 1M | $6.00 | $0.20 |
| Average Score | 56.5% | 57.4% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| DeepSWE 1.1 | 71.0% | 40.4% |
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Verdict
Laguna S 2.1 leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Grok 4.7 — 0.6, Laguna S 2.1 — 0.6.
Laguna S 2.1 is 26.7x cheaper: input $0.10/1M vs $2.00/1M tokens.
Laguna S 2.1 supports a larger context: 1M vs 500K tokens.
Grok 4.7 is newer: released 9/21/2026 vs 7/21/2026.
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