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Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs Grok 4.6

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 19 results on 3 sources that measured both models.

AlibabaQwen3.5-122B-A10B Released 24 Feb 2026 · $0.26 in · $2.08 out
xAIGrok 4.6 Released 12 Aug 2026 · $2.00 in · $6.00 out
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B wins 1Grok 4.6 wins 18

Of the 19 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 14 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-14-7d7cf32c3f6d). See also Alibaba vs xAI, every model from both labs.

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Grok 4.6? The short answer

Pick Grok 4.6 if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 44.3 against 17.7). Pick Qwen3.5-122B-A10B if cost matters more: it costs 4.2 times less per token.

  • Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is cheaper: $0.72 against $3.00 per million tokens, 4.2 times less.
  • Grok 4.6 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 44.3 against 17.7.
  • Grok 4.6 is newer: released 12 Aug 2026, against 24 Feb 2026 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Grok 4.6 does better for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge, writing and sticking to the facts.

Head to head

17.7
Intelligence Index
44.3
$0.72
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$3.00
262,144
Context window, tokens
500,000

Every fact side by side

Qwen3.5-122B-A10BGrok 4.6
Price per million tokens$0.26 in · $2.08 out$2.00 in · $6.00 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.72$3.00
Cheapest host, blended$0.72 (Alibaba)$3.00 (xAI)
Cached input, per million–$0.50 cached input
Intelligence Index17.744.3
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second147–
Context window262,144 tokens500,000 tokens
Released24 Feb 202612 Aug 2026 (newer)
WeightsOpenClosed
Developer based inChinathe US

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 97 of 166 12 of 166
Professional workReal tasks from banking, consulting and law, business documents and freelance projects not measured 16 of 51
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 89 of 200 15 of 200
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 103 of 189 45 of 189
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 109 of 153 57 of 153

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureQwen3.5-122B-A10BGrok 4.6
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 117 · 62 of 387 measured 1,416 1,454high reasoning
Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better 103 · 62 of 163 measured 1,428 1,449high reasoning
Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 105 · 72 of 380 measured 1,422 1,447high reasoning
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 115 · 17 of 244 measured 17.7no reasoning 44.3high reasoning
GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 75 · 3 of 231 measured 85.7% 94.9%high reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 93 · 23 of 243 measured 25.2% 44.1%xhigh reasoning
UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results
Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 112 · 34 of 230 measured 39.5no reasoning 63.3
Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 33 · 147 of 230 measured 9.0%thinking reasoning 25.0%
Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 83 · 76 of 230 measured 0.36no reasoning 0.36
Show all 19 results (10 more)
MeasureQwen3.5-122B-A10BGrok 4.6
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 4 results
Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 136 · 43 of 385 measured 1,366 1,445high reasoning
Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 111 · 52 of 338 measured 1,442 1,491high reasoning
Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 115 · 53 of 387 measured 1,406 1,451high reasoning
Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 125 · 52 of 386 measured 1,387 1,445high reasoning
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 6 results
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better 64 · 6 of 130 measured 47.6% 88.4%high reasoning
Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks, higher is better 67 · 25 of 113 measured 0.0% 21.2%high reasoning
τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better 58 · 2 of 121 measured 15.3% 50.7%high reasoning
Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score, higher is better 65 · 5 of 131 measured 45.7 76.8high reasoning
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 73 · 31 of 234 measured 76.3% 81.0%medium reasoning
SciCode% of problems, higher is better 80 · 19 of 114 measured 39.7% 56.5%high reasoning

Quick answers

Is Qwen3.5-122B-A10B better than Grok 4.6?

Pick Grok 4.6 if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 44.3 against 17.7). Pick Qwen3.5-122B-A10B if cost matters more: it costs 4.2 times less per token.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Grok 4.6?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is cheaper: $0.72 against $3.00 per million tokens, 4.2 times less.

Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 ranks 12 of 166 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 97 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 ranks 15 of 200 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 89 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

Which is better for writing, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 ranks 45 of 189 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 103 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 ranks 57 of 153 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 109 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6: 500,000 tokens, against 262,144 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

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