Grok 4.3 vs Qwen3-Max
Benchmarks, API pricing and specs, head to head. Data updated 2026-06-10.
Grok 4.3
xAI · Apr 2026
xAI's frontier model: 1M context at $1.25/$2.50, ~168 tokens/sec, and a record low hallucination rate on independent testing.
Qwen3-Max
80.5Alibaba (Qwen) · Sep 2025
Alibaba's trillion-parameter API flagship — frontier-adjacent quality with strong agentic tool use at mid-tier prices.
The verdict
These two models don't yet share verified results on the benchmarks we track, so judge them on specs, pricing and intended use. Grok 4.3 is about 1.5x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix). Grok 4.3 also takes 1M of context versus 262K for Qwen3-Max.
Specs & pricing
| Grok 4.3 | Qwen3-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| modhub Index | — | 80.5 |
| Input price / 1M | $1.25 | $1.2 |
| Output price / 1M | $2.5 | $6 |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Open weights | no | no |
| Reasoning model | yes | yes |
| Multimodal input | text, image | text |
| Knowledge cutoff | Mar 2026 | Jun 2025 |
| Released | Apr 2026 | Sep 2025 |
| Example monthly cost* | $16.25 | $21.00 |
* 10M input + 1.5M output tokens per month at list prices, no caching. Green = better value on that row.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better, Grok 4.3 or Qwen3-Max?
- These two models don't yet share verified results on the benchmarks we track, so judge them on specs, pricing and intended use. Grok 4.3 is about 1.5x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix). Grok 4.3 also takes 1M of context versus 262K for Qwen3-Max.
- Which is cheaper, Grok 4.3 or Qwen3-Max?
- Grok 4.3 costs $1.25/$2.5 per million input/output tokens, while Qwen3-Max costs $1.2/$6. For a typical workload of 10M input and 1.5M output tokens per month, that's $16.25 versus $21.00.
- Which model is better for coding, Grok 4.3 or Qwen3-Max?
- We don't yet track SWE-bench Verified results for both models; check their individual pages for coding-related scores.