xAI: Grok 4 vs Qwen: Qwen3 Max
Compare xAI: Grok 4 by xAI against Qwen: Qwen3 Max by Qwen, context windows of 256K vs 256K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
xAI: Grok 4Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3 Max has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
xAI: Grok 4
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
Input
$1.20
2.5× cheaper
Output
$6.00
2.5× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 Max is cheaper on both — 2.5× input, 2.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
35%
Qwen: Qwen3 Max uses 6.4x more emoji
xAI: Grok 4
Qwen: Qwen3 Max
53%Vocabulary60%
18wSentence Length28w
0.67Hedging0.48
2.7Bold5.7
2.7Lists4.1
0.07Emoji0.45
0.86Headings0.78
0.04Transitions0.18
Based on 21 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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