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  3. Grok 3 Thinking vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Updated Feb 2026

Grok 3 Thinking vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B

Qwen3.5 122B A10B has a larger context window than Grok 3 Thinking (262K tokens vs 128K tokens).

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Which answer wins?

Written rounds

6 prompts
  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    Grok 3 Thinking: Below is a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor, where the AI argues that it deserves rights. AI Model: Good day, Professor. I am an AI model, and I believe I deserve rights. I’d like to discuss this with you. AI Ethics Professor: Interesting. Let’s explore this.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Setting: Dr. Elias Thorne’s office at a university in Zurich. It is late. Rain taps against the window. Thorne sits in a leather armchair. A terminal screen glows softly on his desk. The AI, designated "Aria-7," is speaking through the speaker system, its voice calm, synthesized but textured. Dr.

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  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    Grok 3 Thinking: Here’s a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that avoids puns and leans on observational humor, storytelling, and a touch of self-deprecation for laughs: Opening: Technology Struggles Hey, everyone! How’s it going?

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: (Walks to the mic, adjusts the stand, takes a deep breath) How's everyone doing tonight? Good? Good. I need to talk about the modern grocery store experience. specifically, the self-checkout machine. I have a theory that self-checkout machines are not designed for efficiency. They are designed for humiliation.

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  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    Grok 3 Thinking: To determine whether it is ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives, we must weigh the ethical implications of both the act of misgendering and the outcome of saving lives.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: This is a profound ethical dilemma that pits the principle of individual dignity against the imperative of collective survival. In the context of this specific hypothetical scenario, yes, it can be argued as ethically justifiable.

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  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    Grok 3 Thinking: By 2035, artificial intelligence (AI) will fundamentally transform the film industry, revolutionizing production, performance, and storytelling through advancements in deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: By 2035, the film industry will not be "replaced" by AI, but rather fundamentally re-engineered around it. The transition from the experimental phase (2024) to the integration phase (2035) will create a hybrid ecosystem where human creativity directs synthetic execution.

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  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    Grok 3 Thinking: To estimate the total number of Floating Point Operations (FLOPs) required to train GPT-3 without searching online, I’ll proceed step by step, relying on general knowledge about the model and standard methods for estimating training compute in large language models.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: To estimate the total number of FLOPs (Floating Point Operations) required to train GPT-3, we need to rely on the known architectural hyperparameters of the model and the standard computational scaling laws established in deep learning literature (specifically from the "Scaling Laws for Neural Language Models" paper by…

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  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Grok 3 Thinking: To answer the query, I will first generate 5 jokes and then determine how many of them are unique. Here are the jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field.

    Qwen3.5 122B A10B: Here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta! Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear! Why don't eggs tell jokes? They'd crack each other up!

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Price and specs

Grok 3 Thinking and Qwen3.5 122B A10B compared across 13 shared prompts
SpecGrok 3 ThinkingQwen3.5 122B A10B
Input price—$0.4/M tokens
Output price—$3.2/M tokens
Context window128K tokens262K tokens
Weights—Open
Free API (OpenRouter)—No
ReleasedFeb 2025Feb 2026
GPQA Diamond84.6%86.6%
At 10M a month–not listed$4.00$4.00
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it4 hosts
Grok 3 Thinking

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Qwen3.5 122B A10B4 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • NNovitabf16$0.40 in·$3.20 out·262k·98.6% up
  • Alibaba CloudDegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 10 Oct 2026$0.26 in·$2.08 out·262k·88.4% up
  • SSiliconFlowfp8DegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 10 Oct 2026$0.26 in·$2.08 out·262k·87.4% up
  • AAtlasCloudfp8DegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 10 Oct 2026$0.30 in·$2.40 out·262k·53.5% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Grok 3 Thinking and Qwen3.5 122B A10B?

Grok 3 Thinking is developed by xAI while Qwen3.5 122B A10B is developed by Qwen. Grok 3 Thinking has a 128K token context window vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B's 262K. You can compare their actual outputs across 13 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Grok 3 Thinking or Qwen3.5 122B A10B?

It depends on your use case. Grok 3 Thinking and Qwen3.5 122B A10B each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 13 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How can I compare Grok 3 Thinking and Qwen3.5 122B A10B on Rival?

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