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Gemini 4 Argon vs Grok 4.7
Gemini 4 Argon is better at reasoning, maths, structured data, long documents, translation; Grok 4.7 is better at quick answers, writing, coding. Grok 4.7 is the cheaper of the two on output.
Measured quality by task
| Task | Gemini 4 Argon | Grok 4.7 | Better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quick answers | 88/100 | 90/100 | Grok 4.7 |
| Writing | 82/100 | 90/100 | Grok 4.7 |
| Coding | 82/100 | 85/100 | Grok 4.7 |
| Reasoning | 82/100 | 80/100 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Maths | 86/100 | 79/100 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Structured data | 93/100 | 85/100 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Long documents | 92/100 | 85/100 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Translation | 88/100 | 86/100 | Gemini 4 Argon |
Quality is Nivana’s measured score for each kind of task, from weekly pairwise evals judged by models from several labs. Prices are live AI Gateway list prices per million tokens. Updated 2026-11-01. How this is measured.
Price and context
| Gemini 4 Argon | Grok 4.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lab | xAI | |
| Input per 1M tokens | $2 | $2 |
| Output per 1M tokens | $10 | $6 |
| Typical chat answer | $0.010 | $0.00720 |
| Context window | 1M | 500K |
| Router picks it for | Fallback only | Fallback only |
Which should you use?
Use the one that wins the kind of work you do most, unless the price gap outweighs the quality gap for easy requests. Or don’t choose: Nivana scores both, and the rest of the pool, on every request and sends it to whichever is best for that request.
Questions
Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Grok 4.7?
On Nivana’s weekly evals Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on 5 of 8 task types (reasoning, maths, structured data, long documents, translation) and Grok 4.7 on 3 (quick answers, writing, coding). Neither is better at everything.
Which is better for coding, Gemini 4 Argon or Grok 4.7?
Grok 4.7: 85/100 against 82/100 for Gemini 4 Argon on Nivana’s coding evals.
Which is better for writing, Gemini 4 Argon or Grok 4.7?
Grok 4.7: 90/100 against 82/100 for Gemini 4 Argon on Nivana’s writing evals.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Grok 4.7?
Grok 4.7: $6 per million output tokens against $10 for Gemini 4 Argon, about 1.7× less. A typical chat answer costs about $0.0072 on Grok 4.7 and $0.010 on Gemini 4 Argon.
Or let the router pick, per request
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