xAI: Grok 4.5 vs Qwen: Qwen3 Max
Compare xAI: Grok 4.5 by xAI against Qwen: Qwen3 Max by Qwen, context windows of 500K vs 256K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4.5
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
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: Qwen3 Max
Input
$1.20
1.7× cheaper
Output
$6.00
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
36%
Qwen: Qwen3 Max uses 5.0x more emoji
xAI: Grok 4.5
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
61%Vocabulary60%
16wSentence Length28w
0.23Hedging0.48
2.5Bold5.7
2.4Lists4.1
0.09Emoji0.45
0.48Headings0.78
0.06Transitions0.18
Based on 27 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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