Grok 4.3 vs Qwen3.7-Max
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
| Specification |
by xAI
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Qwen3.7-MaxIntro price
by Alibaba
2 providers:
Alibaba $2.50/$7.50
Together $1.25/$3.75
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|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current flagship | Current flagship |
| Released | ||
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $1.25/Mtok | $2.50/Mtok |
| Output | $2.50/Mtok | $7.50/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $1.56/Mtok | $3.75/Mtok |
| Cached input | $0.200/Mtok | $0.250/Mtok |
| Price basis | — | On a 50% launch promo to $1.25 in / $3.75 out per 1M (list price tracked). |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
textimage
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text
|
| Benchmarks sources: xAI model card, Artificial Analysis / Artificial Analysis, Alibaba, Qwen model card | ||
| GPQA Diamond | 80 | 68 vendor |
| SWE-Bench Verified | 65 | 45 vendor |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 38 | 25 vendor |
| ARC-AGI 2 | 42 | 28 vendor |
| AIME 2025 | 85 | 70 vendor |
| MMMLU | 86 | 80 vendor |
| BFCL | 78 | 68 vendor |
| HumanEval | 90 | 84 vendor |
| MATH 500 | 88 | 76 vendor |
| Avg benchmark score | 72.4 | — |
| Perf / dollar | 46.3 | — |
| Independent composite scores each on its own scale — not part of the average above | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | 29.9 | 36.6 |
| AA Agentic Index | 17.3 | 23.9 |
| AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) | 18 | 13.5 |
| GDPval-AA v2 | — | 1271.8 ELO |
| LMSYS Chatbot Arena | 1443 ELO | — |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
xAI — $1.25/$2.50/Mtok
|
Alibaba — $2.50/$7.50/Mtok
Together — $1.25/$3.75/Mtok
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Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Grok 4.3 | Qwen3.7-Max | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $1.56 | $3.75 | $2.19 (58.4%) |
| 10M tokens | $15.63 | $37.5 | $21.88 (58.3%) |
| 100M tokens | $156.25 | $375 | $218.75 (58.3%) |
| 1000M tokens | $1562.5 | $3750 | $2187.5 (58.3%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above- cost dominates: $1.56/Mtok blended vs $3.75 — 58.3% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- your workload re-reads context (agents, RAG, long chats): cached input costs $0.250/Mtok — 90% off its list input price
- provider flexibility: available from 2 providers, so you can price-shop hosts or fail over
The cheaper option here — Grok 4.3 costs $1.56/Mtok blended on xAI.
Summary
Grok 4.3 by xAI costs $1.25/Mtok input and $2.50/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text, image input.
Qwen3.7-Max by Alibaba costs $2.50/Mtok input and $7.50/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text input and is available from 2 providers.
On a blended cost basis, Grok 4.3 is 58.3% cheaper than Qwen3.7-Max.
The two aren't directly comparable on average benchmark score: Grok 4.3 has published per-benchmark results, while Qwen3.7-Max does not yet — it is measured today on independent composites (see the table above).
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.