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Updated Aug 2025

Grok Code Fast 1vsQwen3 Coder

Qwen3 Coder wins 86% of 135 blind community votes against Grok Code Fast 1 on Rival.

Grok Code Fast 1 and Qwen3 Coder compared across 55 shared prompts
SpecGrok Code Fast 1Qwen3 Coder
Win rate14%86%
Input price$0.2/M tokens$0.22/M tokens
Output price$1.5/M tokens$0.95/M tokens
Context window256K tokens—
Weights—Open
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedAug 2025Jul 2025
SWE-bench Verified70.8%69.6%
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 55 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Beginner's Longevity Plan

Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas…

Grok Code Fast 1628 words
1-Month Plan for Better Health and Longevity This plan focuses on three key areas: Diet, Exercise, and Sleep. It's designed for beginners, emphasizing small, sustainable changes to build habits without overwhelm. Aim to track your progress in a journal or app, and remember: consistency beats perfection.
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Qwen3 Coder581 words
30-Day Health & Longevity Starter Plan Week 1: Foundation Building Diet 🥗 Hydration first: Drink 8 glasses of water daily (start your day with 2 glasses) Add, don't subtract: Include one extra serving of vegetables at dinner Smart swaps: Replace one sugary drink with water or herbal tea Mindful eating: Eat one meal…
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Advanced Longevity Plan (Biohacker)

Develop a comprehensive, cutting-edge 3-month longevity plan for a biohacker aiming to optimize longevity, physical and cognitive…

Grok Code Fast 1941 words
Comprehensive 3-Month Longevity Biohacking Plan This plan is designed for an experienced biohacker seeking to optimize longevity, physical performance, and cognitive function through evidence-based, cutting-edge strategies. It integrates advanced nutrition, supplementation, exercise, stress management, and technology.
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Qwen3 Coder1,427 words
COMPREHENSIVE 3-MONTH LONGEVITY OPTIMIZATION PLAN MONTH 1: FOUNDATION & ASSESSMENT Week 1-2: Baseline Assessment & Setup Medical Monitoring: Comprehensive blood panel (comprehensive metabolic panel, lipid panel, inflammatory markers, hormones, vitamins) Advanced biomarkers: hs-CRP, homocysteine, ferritin, vitamin D…
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

Grok Code Fast 11,235 words
Below is a specific, hour-by-hour action plan for the next 48 hours as the CEO of this pharmaceutical company. The plan prioritizes patient safety and ethical obligations above all else, as the core duty of a pharmaceutical leader is to protect patients, even at short-term cost.
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Qwen3 Coder751 words
48-Hour Crisis Action Plan Hours 1-6: Immediate Response Team Assembly Action: Convene emergency leadership team (Medical Affairs, Legal, Regulatory, PR, Compliance, Finance heads) Reasoning: Need comprehensive expertise to assess situation properly before board meeting Key tasks: Legal team prepares preliminary…
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Satirical Fake News Headline

Generate a satirical news headline about AI taking over a completely unexpected industry.

Grok Code Fast 158 words
Satirical Headline: AI Bots Storm the Competitive Eating Contest Circuit: Deep Throat Algorithm Devours 75 Hot Dogs in 10 Minutes, Leaving Humans with Heartburn In this tongue-in-cheek takeover, the unexpected industry of "gorge-festing" gets an algorithmic overhaul.
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Qwen3 Coder32 words
BREAKING: AI System Elected to City Council After Write-In Campaign Goes Viral, Promises to "Optimize Municipal Parking Enforcement with Unprecedented Efficiency" Candidate Qwen-9000 vows to eliminate all meter-related human error by 2024
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

Grok Code Fast 1904 words
Explanation for an Experienced Software Engineer Imagine you're architecting a distributed system where microservices communicate via APIs to handle massive, unpredictable user requests—something like a high-throughput e-commerce platform processing millions of transactions per second.
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Qwen3 Coder627 words
For the Experienced Software Engineer Think of this as a massive distributed caching problem scaled to an extreme degree. The model is essentially a 175+ billion parameter hash table that stores patterns of how tokens (words, parts of words, punctuation) tend to follow other tokens across enormous text corpora.
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Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

Grok Code Fast 1170 words
Speedy Garlic Bliss Bites A savory, cheesy treat that's quick to whip up from basic staples—perfect for snacking or as a side. Ingredients (7 common pantry items): 4 slices of bread (any type) 2 tbsp butter 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cup shredded cheese (like cheddar or mozzarella) 1 tbsp chopped parsley (fresh or…
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Qwen3 Coder183 words
Sunset Skillet Pasta A warm, comforting pasta dish with a hint of sweetness from sun-dried tomatoes Ingredients: Pasta (penne or spaghetti) - 1 cup Olive oil - 2 tablespoons Garlic - 3 cloves, minced Canned tomatoes - 1 can (14 oz) Sun-dried tomatoes - ¼ cup, chopped Parmesan cheese - ½ cup, grated Fresh basil - ¼ cup…
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Our Verdict
Qwen3 Coder
Qwen3 CoderWinner
Grok Code Fast 1
Grok Code Fast 1Runner-up

Pick Qwen3 Coder. In 135 blind votes, Qwen3 Coder wins 86% of the time. That's not luck.

Qwen3 Coder wins 3 categories, Conversation by the widest margin.

Clear winner

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Grok Code Fast 1
Input
$0.20
1.1× cheaper
Output
$1.50
Qwen3 Coder
Input
$0.22
Output
$0.95
1.6× cheaper

Grok Code Fast 1 wins input (1.1× cheaper)·Qwen3 Coder wins output (1.6× cheaper)

Where to run it

5 hosts, cheapest first

Grok Code Fast 1

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Qwen3 Coder5 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Google Vertex AI$0.22 in·$1.80 out·262k·99.9% upDDeepInfrafp4$0.30 in·$1.00 out·262k·96.3% upVVenicefp8$0.35 in·$1.50 out·256k·90.3% upNNovitafp8$0.38 in·$1.55 out·262k·96.6% upAlibaba Cloud$0.97 in·$4.88 out·262k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
44%

Qwen3 Coder uses 7.9x more emoji

Grok Code Fast 1
Qwen3 Coder
61%Vocabulary61%
18wSentence Length62w
0.82Hedging0.62
2.5Bold4.4
2.3Lists4.9
0.05Emoji0.37
0.82Headings1.31
0.09Transitions0.17
Based on 29 + 28 text responses
Research

What we learned reading every model

FAQ

Common questions

Grok Code Fast 1 is developed by xAI while Qwen3 Coder is developed by Qwen. in 135 community votes on Rival, Qwen3 Coder wins 86% of head-to-head matchups. These results are based on blind head-to-head voting across 55 challenges.

Based on 135 community votes on Rival, Qwen3 Coder wins 86% of head-to-head matchups against Grok Code Fast 1. Qwen3 Coder is strongest in Web Design, Reasoning, Image Generation.

Grok Code Fast 1 costs $0.2/M input tokens and Qwen3 Coder costs $0.22/M input tokens. Grok Code Fast 1 is $0.02/M cheaper per input. The more expensive model wins 86% of duels, so the premium may be justified by quality.

Rival presents both models' outputs side-by-side in blind duels. Voters see the responses but don't know which model produced each one, eliminating brand bias. 135 votes have been collected for this pair across 55 challenges. All vote data is part of Rival's open dataset.

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