xAI: Grok 4.5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Compare xAI: Grok 4.5 by xAI against Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B by Qwen, context windows of 500K vs 262K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4.5
Qwen: Qwen3.6 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: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is 6.2x 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: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Input
$0.16
12× cheaper
Output
$0.97
6.2× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B is cheaper on both — 12× input, 6.2× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
60%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B uses 17.8x more emoji
xAI: Grok 4.5
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
61%Vocabulary59%
16wSentence Length15w
0.23Hedging0.31
2.5Bold4.9
2.4Lists2.7
0.09Emoji1.60
0.48Headings0.75
0.06Transitions0.05
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