Grok 4vsQwen3 Coder
Qwen3 Coder is cheaper than Grok 4 at $0.22/M vs $3/M input tokens.
| Spec | Grok 4 | Qwen3 Coder |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $3/M tokens | $0.22/M tokens |
| Output price | $15/M tokens | $0.95/M tokens |
| Context window | 256K tokens | — |
| Weights | — | Open |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
Our Verdict
Grok 4
Qwen3 Coder
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.
Qwen3 Coder costs 16x less per token.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Grok 4
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Qwen3 Coder
Input
$0.22
14× cheaper
Output
$0.95
16× cheaper
Qwen3 Coder is cheaper on both: 14× input, 16× output.
Where to run it
5 hosts, cheapest first
Grok 4
No hosts listed on OpenRouter.
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 8 Sep 2026.
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
41%
Qwen3 Coder uses 3.5x more sentence length
Grok 4
Qwen3 Coder
56%Vocabulary61%
18wSentence Length62w
0.65Hedging0.62
2.4Bold4.4
2.4Lists4.9
0.60Emoji0.37
0.73Headings1.31
0.06Transitions0.17
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