xAI: Grok 4.3 vs Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Compare xAI: Grok 4.3 by xAI against Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 37 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4.3
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, xAI: Grok 4.3 has the edge — newer, major provider backing.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
xAI: Grok 4.3
Input
$1.25
Output
$2.50
1.6× cheaper
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input
$0.40
3.1× cheaper
Output
$4.00
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) wins input (3.1× cheaper)·xAI: Grok 4.3 wins output (1.6× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
31%
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) uses 34.0x more emoji
xAI: Grok 4.3
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
62%Vocabulary54%
16wSentence Length15w
0.46Hedging0.36
2.3Bold7.0
2.5Lists4.6
0.00Emoji0.34
0.34Headings0.94
0.14Transitions0.09
Based on 27 + 18 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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