xAI: Grok 4.5 vs Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Compare xAI: Grok 4.5 by xAI against Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) by Qwen, context windows of 500K vs 1.0M, tested across 37 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4.5
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
xAI: Grok 4.5
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input
$0.40
5.0× cheaper
Output
$4.00
1.5× cheaper
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) is cheaper on both — 5.0× input, 1.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
42%
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) uses 3.8x more emoji
xAI: Grok 4.5
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
61%Vocabulary54%
16wSentence Length15w
0.23Hedging0.36
2.5Bold7.0
2.4Lists4.6
0.09Emoji0.34
0.48Headings0.94
0.06Transitions0.09
Based on 27 + 18 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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