Grok 4.3 vs Qwen3 Max
List-price comparison · Grok 4.3 details · Qwen3 Max details
For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Qwen3 Max costs 0% less — $249.60/mo vs $250.00/mo.
| Grok 4.3 | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $1.25 | $0.780 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $2.50 | $3.90 |
| Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out) | $0.0025 | $0.0025 |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Max output | — | 32,768 tokens |
| Tier | Flagship | Balanced |
| Provider | xAI | Qwen |
Projected monthly cost
Rows open both models in the calculator — adjust volume and token counts there.
Grok 4.3
Strong real-time knowledge via X/Twitter integration and competitive general reasoning at a lower price than other flagship models.
Smaller third-party ecosystem and fewer enterprise compliance certifications than OpenAI/Anthropic/Google offerings.
Qwen3 Max
Strong multilingual reasoning (especially Chinese/English) and competitive coding benchmarks at open-weight pricing.
Cache-write pricing is unusually high relative to input cost — workloads that rely heavily on prompt caching should benchmark actual savings.
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Vendor list rates · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.