Grok 4.5 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Compare Grok 4.5 by xAI against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct by Qwen, context windows of 500K vs 66K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Grok 4.5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Grok 4.5 has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is 4.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Grok 4.5
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.15
13× cheaper
Output
$1.50
4.0× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 13× input, 4.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
37%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct uses 6.5x more emoji
Grok 4.5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
61%Vocabulary52%
16wSentence Length16w
0.23Hedging0.20
2.5Bold5.8
2.4Lists3.7
0.09Emoji0.59
0.48Headings0.96
0.06Transitions0.05
Based on 27 + 20 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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