xAI: Grok 4.5 vs QwQ 32B
Compare xAI: Grok 4.5 by xAI against QwQ 32B by Qwen, context windows of 500K vs 40K, tested across 15 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4.5
QwQ 32BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, xAI: Grok 4.5 has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
QwQ 32B is 4.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
xAI: Grok 4.5
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
QwQ 32B
Input
$0.50
4.0× cheaper
Output
$1.50
4.0× cheaper
QwQ 32B is cheaper on both — 4.0× input, 4.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
40%
xAI: Grok 4.5 uses 9.0x more emoji
xAI: Grok 4.5
QwQ 32B
61%Vocabulary64%
16wSentence Length12w
0.23Hedging0.36
2.5Bold13.6
2.4Lists8.4
0.09Emoji0.00
0.48Headings0.00
0.06Transitions0.39
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