Grok Code Fast 1 vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Compare Grok Code Fast 1 by xAI against Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview by Qwen, context windows of 256K vs 262K, tested across 49 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Grok Code Fast 1Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview has the edge — bigger model tier, newer.
Grok Code Fast 1 is 4.2x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Grok Code Fast 1
Input
$0.20
5.2× cheaper
Output
$1.50
4.2× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Input
$1.04
Output
$6.24
Grok Code Fast 1 is cheaper on both — 5.2× input, 4.2× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
49%
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview uses 31.6x more emoji
Grok Code Fast 1
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview
60%Vocabulary62%
17wSentence Length21w
0.97Hedging0.22
2.8Bold3.8
2.5Lists2.9
0.06Emoji1.88
0.89Headings0.62
0.11Transitions0.02
Based on 23 + 26 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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