Grok 4.5 vs Qwen3.7-Max
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
Grok 4.5 is 20% cheaper on blended cost ($4.00 vs $5.00/Mtok)
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Xby xAI
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Qwen3.7-Max Intro price
Aby Alibaba
2 providers:
Alibaba $2.50/$7.50
Together $1.25/$3.75
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| Overview | ||
| Status | Current flagship | Current flagship |
| Released | Jul 8, 2026 | May 20, 2026 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $2.00/Mtok | $2.50/Mtok |
| Output | $6.00/Mtok | $7.50/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $4.00/Mtok | $5.00/Mtok |
| Cached input | — | $0.250/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 500K tokens | 1M tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
textimage
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text
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| Benchmarks sources: Artificial Analysis, LMSYS Chatbot Arena (UC Berkeley) / Artificial Analysis, Alibaba, Qwen model card | ||
| Independent composite scores measured for both models — each on its own scale | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | 53.8 | 46 |
| AA Agentic Index | 45.7 | 30.6 |
| AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) | 26.4 | 14.1 |
| GDPval-AA v2 | 1527.4 ELO | 1271.3 ELO |
| LMSYS Chatbot Arena | 1467.7 ELO | — |
| Per-benchmark results published for Qwen3.7-Max only — no independent per-benchmark scores exist for Grok 4.5 yet | ||
| GPQA Diamond | — | 68 |
| SWE-Bench Verified | — | 45 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 25 |
| ARC-AGI 2 | — | 28 |
| AIME 2025 | — | 70 |
| MMMLU | — | 80 |
| BFCL | — | 68 |
| HumanEval | — | 84 |
| MATH 500 | — | 76 |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
xAI — $2.00/$6.00/Mtok
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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 4.5 | Qwen3.7-Max | Savings |
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| 1M tokens | $4 | $5 | $1 (20%) |
| 10M tokens | $40 | $50 | $10 (20%) |
| 100M tokens | $400 | $500 | $100 (20%) |
| 1000M tokens | $4000 | $5000 | $1000 (20%) |
Try Grok 4.5 on xAI
The cheaper option here — Grok 4.5 costs $4.00/Mtok blended on xAI.
Summary
Grok 4.5 by xAI costs $2.00/Mtok input and $6.00/Mtok output, with a 500K-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 4.5 is 20% cheaper than Qwen3.7-Max.
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.