xAI: Grok 4.5 vs Qwen Plus 0728
Compare xAI: Grok 4.5 by xAI against Qwen Plus 0728 by Qwen, context windows of 500K vs 1.0M, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4.5
Qwen Plus 0728
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen Plus 0728 is 5.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
xAI: Grok 4.5
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Qwen Plus 0728
Input
$0.40
5.0× cheaper
Output
$1.20
5.0× cheaper
Qwen Plus 0728 is cheaper on both — 5.0× input, 5.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
35%
Qwen Plus 0728 uses 7.5x more emoji
xAI: Grok 4.5
Qwen Plus 0728
61%Vocabulary55%
16wSentence Length20w
0.23Hedging0.43
2.5Bold5.9
2.4Lists4.1
0.09Emoji0.68
0.48Headings0.84
0.06Transitions0.16
Based on 27 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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