xAI: Grok 4.5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Compare xAI: Grok 4.5 by xAI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B by Qwen, context windows of 500K vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4.5
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, xAI: Grok 4.5 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B is 3.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
xAI: Grok 4.5
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Input
$0.25
8.0× cheaper
Output
$2.00
3.0× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B is cheaper on both — 8.0× input, 3.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
43%
xAI: Grok 4.5 uses 9.0x more emoji
xAI: Grok 4.5
Qwen: Qwen3.5 35B A3B
61%Vocabulary51%
16wSentence Length15w
0.23Hedging0.39
2.5Bold6.8
2.4Lists4.8
0.09Emoji0.00
0.48Headings0.84
0.06Transitions0.14
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