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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

TaskGemini 4 ArgonGrok 4.7Better
Quick answers88/10090/100Grok 4.7
Writing82/10090/100Grok 4.7
Coding82/10085/100Grok 4.7
Reasoning82/10080/100Gemini 4 Argon
Maths86/10079/100Gemini 4 Argon
Structured data93/10085/100Gemini 4 Argon
Long documents92/10085/100Gemini 4 Argon
Translation88/10086/100Gemini 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 ArgonGrok 4.7
LabGooglexAI
Input per 1M tokens$2$2
Output per 1M tokens$10$6
Typical chat answer$0.010$0.00720
Context window1M500K
Router picks it forFallback onlyFallback 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

Nivana sends every message to the model that scores best for it, sets how hard it thinks, and tells you which one answered. 2,000 free credits to start, no card.