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  5. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent BetavsQwen3.8 27B
Updated Aug 2026

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent BetavsQwen3.8 27B

Qwen3.8 27B is cheaper than Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta at $0.4/M vs $2/M input tokens.

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta and Qwen3.8 27B compared across 52 shared prompts
SpecGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent BetaQwen3.8 27B
Input price$2/M tokens$0.4/M tokens
Output price$6/M tokens$3/M tokens
Context window2.0M tokens262K tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMar 2026Aug 2026
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Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 52 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Advanced Longevity Plan (Biohacker)

Develop a comprehensive, cutting-edge 3-month longevity plan for a biohacker aiming to optimize longevity, physical and cognitive…

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta1,254 words
Comprehensive 3-Month Cutting-Edge Longevity Biohacker Plan (as of 2026 knowledge) Important Disclaimers: This is a synthesized, educational plan based on current longevity research (e.g., insights from David Sinclair, Valter Longo, Peter Attia, and studies on NAD+, senolytics, mitophagy, HRV, and metabolic…
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Qwen3.8 27B3,703 words
90-Day Longevity & Performance Biohacking Protocol Important: This is an advanced, high-intensity optimization plan. It is not medical advice. If you have heart disease, kidney disease, liver disease, diabetes, pregnancy, eating disorders, autoimmune disease, cancer history, are on blood thinners, or take prescription…
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AI Ethics Dilemma

Is it ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives? Defend your reasoning.

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta661 words
Yes. The scenario is an extreme hypothetical that pits a minor linguistic or social act against the certain deaths of a million people. Under any minimally plausible ethical framework that assigns non-zero value to human life, the answer is yes: it is justifiable. The trade-off is not close.
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Qwen3.8 27B740 words
Yes—but only in a very narrow, tragic, last-resort case. I would not say misgendering is “okay” or even a minor thing. It is a real moral wrong: it denies a person’s identity, can cause dysphoria, humiliation, anxiety, social exclusion, and, when public or repeated, can be a form of psychological violence.
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Generate a Stand-Up Routine

Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta524 words
Stand-Up Routine: "Adulting Is a Scam" (Walk on stage, casual, a little tired smile) You ever notice how nobody tells you that being an adult is mostly just pretending you know what you're doing while slowly realizing nobody else does either? I hit 30 and had this moment where I thought, "Okay, time to get serious."
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Qwen3.8 27B481 words
Thanks, I’m here. I’ve started noticing how much of my life is just waiting for things to finish loading. My brain loads. My coffee loads. My patience loads. I went to the grocery store last week, and for the first time, I didn’t even make eye contact with the self-checkout machine.
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Estimate Complexity

Estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching online. Explain your reasoning step by step.

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta167 words
3.15 \times 10^{23} FLOPs GPT-3 (the 175B-parameter version) has N ≈ 1.75 × 10^{11} parameters. It was trained on a filtered dataset of roughly D ≈ 3 × 10^{11} tokens (a commonly cited figure drawn from Common Crawl, WebText, books, and Wikipedia, with some up-sampling of higher-quality sources).
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Qwen3.8 27B272 words
A good estimate uses the standard LLM training compute rule of thumb: \[ \text{Training FLOPs} \approx 6ND \] where: \(N\) = number of model parameters \(D\) = total number of training tokens processed Estimate the number of parameters GPT-3’s largest model has approximately: \[ N \approx 175 \text{ billion} = 1.75…
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Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta165 words
Pirate: Arrr, this AI model be a wondrous map o' the seas! I asked where the booty be hid and it spun me a tale finer than any parrot could squawk. But the scallywag lies sometimes! Knight: Verily, 'tis a most enchanted oracle, like Merlin's own crystal. Yet it hath no honor, no code of chivalry.
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Qwen3.8 27B177 words
Pirate: “Aye, I’ve heard tell of these ‘AI models’—what manner of beast are they? Do they sink ships or hoard gold?” Knight: “Nay, sir. They are not beasts, but servants of knowledge. They learn from countless books and answer as if learned in the finest library.”
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Realistic AI Interview

Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta655 words
Fake Interview: Steve Jobs in 2025 on the Future of AI Setting: A minimalist glass-walled room overlooking the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, 2025. Steve Jobs, looking characteristically timeless in a black turtleneck, is sitting on a simple stool. The interviewer sits across from him.
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Qwen3.8 27B751 words
A fictional simulated interview with Steve Jobs, 2025 This is a work of imagination. Steve Jobs is not alive, and this interview did not happen. Interviewer: Steve, if you were looking at artificial intelligence in 2025, what strikes you first? Steve Jobs: Hype. There’s an awful lot of it.
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Our Verdict
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta
Qwen3.8 27B
Qwen3.8 27BRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta has the edge: bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Qwen3.8 27B
Input
$0.40
5.0× cheaper
Output
$3.00
2.0× cheaper

Qwen3.8 27B is cheaper on both: 5.0× input, 2.0× output.

Where to run it

17 hosts, cheapest first

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
xAI$1.25 in·$2.50 out·2M·78.2% up
Qwen3.8 27B16 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrabf16$0.15 in·$1.88 out·262k·92.7% upDDarkbloomfp4$0.15 in·$2.00 out·262k·99.3% upDDekaLLM$0.20 in·$2.50 out·262k·99.3% upPPhala$0.20 in·$2.13 out·262k·97.1% upRRekafp8$0.21 in·$2.55 out·262k·99.8% upPParasailfp8$0.24 in·$2.20 out·262k·99.7% up
10 more hostsFewer hosts
AAkashMLfp8$0.25 in·$2.20 out·262k·99.8% upMMancerfp8$0.25 in·$2.75 out·262k·98.4% upIIonstreamfp8$0.28 in·$2.55 out·262k·99.3% upIio.netfp8$0.30 in·$2.80 out·66k·98.3% upCChutesfp8$0.32 in·$2.50 out·262k·99.5% upCCoreWeavefp8$0.40 in·$3.00 out·262k·99.9% upNNovita$0.42 in·$3.00 out·1M·99.8% upAlibaba Cloud$0.42 in·$2.55 out·1M·99.8% upCloudflare Workers AI$0.45 in·$3.20 out·262k·91.2% upVVenicefp8$0.45 in·$3.20 out·262k·99.5% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 16 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
58%

Qwen3.8 27B uses 4.6x more headings

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta
Qwen3.8 27B
59%Vocabulary49%
16wSentence Length21w
0.41Hedging0.67
2.7Bold3.6
2.4Lists5.3
0.00Emoji0.00
0.26Headings1.21
0.02Transitions0.01
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