xAI: Grok 4 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Compare xAI: Grok 4 by xAI against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct by Qwen, context windows of 256K vs 66K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is 10x 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
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.15
20× cheaper
Output
$1.50
10× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 20× input, 10× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
32%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct uses 8.4x more emoji
xAI: Grok 4
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
53%Vocabulary52%
18wSentence Length16w
0.67Hedging0.20
2.7Bold5.8
2.7Lists3.7
0.07Emoji0.59
0.86Headings0.96
0.04Transitions0.05
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