Grok 4.7 vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Grok 4.7 is developed by xAI, while MiniMax M3.1 Flash comes from MiniMax. Grok 4.7 was released in September 2026, and MiniMax M3.1 Flash followed a month later in October 2026.
The two models share 3 published benchmarks. MiniMax M3.1 Flash leads on 3 of them. The widest gaps are on DeepSWE 1.1, where MiniMax M3.1 Flash scores 73.7% against 71.0%; CyberGym, where MiniMax M3.1 Flash scores 82.2% against 80.3%. Averaged across everything we track, Grok 4.7 sits at 56.5% and MiniMax M3.1 Flash at 56.4%.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash is the cheaper API at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens, roughly 13 times cheaper than Grok 4.7 at $2 and $6. MiniMax M3.1 Flash 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 MiniMax M3.1 Flash accepts text, images, and video.
| Characteristic | Grok 4.7 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Company | xAI | MiniMax |
| Release Date | September 21, 2026 | October 19, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 500K | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | — | 524K |
| Input Price / 1M | $2.00 | $0.15 |
| Output Price / 1M | $6.00 | $0.60 |
| Average Score | 56.5% | 56.4% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| DeepSWE 1.1 | 71.0% | 73.7% |
| CyberGym | 80.3% | 82.2% |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 38.0% | 38.1% |
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Verdict
MiniMax M3.1 Flash leads in 3 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Grok 4.7 — 0.6, MiniMax M3.1 Flash — 0.6.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash is 10.7x cheaper: input $0.15/1M vs $2.00/1M tokens.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash supports a larger context: 1M vs 500K tokens.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash is newer: released 10/19/2026 vs 9/21/2026.
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