xAI has introduced Grok 4.7, a new frontier model intended for coding, agentic tasks, and knowledge work. This model offers a 500,000-token context window and has a knowledge cutoff of May 2026. It supports both text and image input, with text output.
Key Points
- Grok 4.7 is xAI's frontier model for coding, agentic tasks, and knowledge work.
- The model features a 500,000-token context window.
- Its knowledge cutoff is May 2026.
- Input pricing for Grok 4.7 is $2.00 per 1 million tokens, and output pricing is $6.00 per 1 million tokens.
- Users can control reasoning effort with options including low, medium, high (default), or xhigh.
- Grok 4.7 Fast is available in Cursor and Grok Build, but not on the public xAI API, and is billed at twice the standard token rates.
- The model supports function calling, web search, X search, and code execution.
Context
According to xAI, Grok 4.7 is accessible via the xAI API, where users can set the model name to grok-4.7 in their API requests. The API supports various programming languages, including Python, JavaScript, and Bash. xAI also notes that a US regional endpoint is available at https://us.api.x.ai/v1, which keeps inference within the United States but incurs a 10% premium on token usage.
Why It Matters
The introduction of Grok 4.7 provides developers with a powerful tool for complex coding, agentic, and knowledge-based applications, offering a substantial context window and specific pricing tiers. The option for varying reasoning effort allows for fine-tuned control over model behavior, impacting both performance and cost.
What To Do
- Review the xAI API documentation for details on integrating Grok 4.7 into applications.
- Compare the pricing for Grok 4.7 and Grok 4.7 Fast to determine the most cost-effective option for specific use cases.
- Experiment with different
reasoning_effortsettings (low, medium, high, xhigh) to observe their impact on model output and performance. - Note the availability of Grok 4.7 Fast exclusively within Cursor and Grok Build for faster inference needs.
