xAI: Grok 4 vs Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Compare xAI: Grok 4 by xAI against Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 by Qwen, context windows of 256K vs 131K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, xAI: Grok 4 has the edge — bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is 19x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
xAI: Grok 4
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Input
$0.20
15× cheaper
Output
$0.80
19× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is cheaper on both — 15× input, 19× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
47%
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 uses 14.8x more emoji
xAI: Grok 4
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
53%Vocabulary55%
18wSentence Length18w
0.67Hedging0.52
2.7Bold6.7
2.7Lists4.3
0.07Emoji1.04
0.86Headings0.92
0.04Transitions0.11
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Research
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