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Qwen3.7-Max vs Grok 4.3

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 13 results on 2 sources that measured both models.

AlibabaQwen3.7-Max Released 19 May 2026 · $1.48 in · $4.42 out
xAIGrok 4.3 Released 17 Apr 2026 · $1.25 in · $2.50 out
Qwen3.7-Max wins 10Grok 4.3 wins 3

Of the 13 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.

Qwen3.7-Max or Grok 4.3? The short answer

Pick Qwen3.7-Max if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 29.5 against 24.9). Pick Grok 4.3 if cost matters more: it costs 29% less per token.

  • Grok 4.3 is cheaper: $1.56 against $2.21 per million tokens, 29% less.
  • Qwen3.7-Max scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 29.5 against 24.9.
  • Qwen3.7-Max is newer: released 19 May 2026, against 17 Apr 2026 for Grok 4.3.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.7-Max does better for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge and sticking to the facts.

Head to head

29.5
Intelligence Index
24.9
$2.21
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$1.56
1,000,000
Context window, tokens
1,000,000

Every fact side by side

Qwen3.7-MaxGrok 4.3
Price per million tokens$1.48 in · $4.42 out$1.25 in · $2.50 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$2.21$1.56
Cheapest host, blended–$1.56 (xAI)
Cached input, per million–$0.20 cached input
Intelligence Index29.524.9
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second––
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Released19 May 2026 (newer)17 Apr 2026
WeightsClosedClosed
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 72 of 166 113 of 166
Professional workReal tasks from banking, consulting and law, business documents and freelance projects not measured 49 of 51
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 41 of 200 57 of 200
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality not measured 58 of 189
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 31 of 153 113 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.

MeasureQwen3.7-MaxGrok 4.3
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 54 · 78 of 244 measured 29.5 24.9high reasoning
GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 21 · 41 of 231 measured 92.3% 90.1%high reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 40 · 54 of 243 measured 40.5% 37.2%high reasoning
SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) reported by SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) · 1 result
Correct answers% of questions, higher is better 18 · 55 of 76 measured 55.8% 33.2%high reasoning
Show all 13 results (9 more)
MeasureQwen3.7-MaxGrok 4.3
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 9 results
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks, higher is better 33 · 73 of 130 measured 74.5% 39.7%high reasoning
Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks, higher is better 52 · 67 of 113 measured 1.5% 0.0%high reasoning
τ-bench banking% of tasks, higher is better 71 · 68 of 121 measured 11.8% 12.4%high reasoning
Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex score, higher is better 34 · 71 of 131 measured 66.0 42.2high reasoning
IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 5 · 1 of 195 measured 80.5% 83.3%medium reasoning
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 51 · 79 of 234 measured 79.0% 75.0%medium reasoning
SciCode% of problems, higher is better 53 · 55 of 114 measured 49.5% 48.3%high reasoning
Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 12 · 39 of 190 measured 50.8% 37.9%high reasoning
τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 22 · 7 of 193 measured 94.7% 97.7%high reasoning

Quick answers

Is Qwen3.7-Max better than Grok 4.3?

Pick Qwen3.7-Max if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 29.5 against 24.9). Pick Grok 4.3 if cost matters more: it costs 29% less per token.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7-Max or Grok 4.3?

Grok 4.3 is cheaper: $1.56 against $2.21 per million tokens, 29% less.

Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.7-Max or Grok 4.3?

Qwen3.7-Max ranks 72 of 166 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 113 for Grok 4.3.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.7-Max or Grok 4.3?

Qwen3.7-Max ranks 41 of 200 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 57 for Grok 4.3.

Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.7-Max or Grok 4.3?

Qwen3.7-Max ranks 31 of 153 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 113 for Grok 4.3.

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