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Grok 4.7

21 Sept 2026

LifecycleAnnounced since 12 Aug 2026Generally available since 21 Sept 2026

ImpactNeeds reviewMajor

Change typeModel launchModel launch

Capability shiftSuccessor model announced; exact capability deltas are not yet published in an indexed model card.A larger base model, longer reinforcement-learning run and stronger self-verification improve long-running coding,…

AvailabilityRelease announced by SpaceXAI on X; exact product and API availability should be verified against xAI docs.Available through the xAI API, Grok Build, Cursor, third-party coding harnesses, model routers and cloud platforms.

Access statusStatus: Needs check · Channel: API · Weights: Closed · Pricing: Unclear · Docs: PendingStatus: GA · Channel: API · Weights: Closed · Pricing: Known · Docs: Linked

Pricing signalNo pricing change found in the indexed note.Standard pricing remains $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; a faster variant costs twice…

Context signalNo context-window change found in the indexed note.500K-token context window, unchanged from Grok 4.6.

ConfidenceNeeds reviewConfirmed

Model launchNeeds review

Grok 4.6

ImpactNeeds review

LifecycleAnnounced

Announced 12 Aug 2026

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckreview

Availability

StatusNeeds checkChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsPending

Keeps xAI’s rapid frontier-model cadence visible while full model-card, benchmark and pricing details remain to be verified.

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Model launchConfirmed

Grok 4.7

ImpactMajor

LifecycleGA

Since 21 Sept 2026

Context500KAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokensCheckConfirmed

Availability

StatusGAChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsLinked

Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 3 receipts

Moves Grok beyond 4.6 with a larger base model and sizeable gains on long-running coding and professional-work benchmarks while keeping the same standard API price.

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