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Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B vs xAI: Grok 4.20

Grok 4.20 leads on average score with 4.1 vs 3.8. Qwen3.5-9B (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.036 vs $0.057. Grok 4.20 is faster at 1.11s vs 82.24s, with pass rates of 25.8% vs 27.3%.

Recommended modelGrok 4.20It has the best score here (4.1), while responding about 74.2x faster than Qwen3.5-9B (medium).

Last updated at: 2026-07-25

Metric Qwen3.5-9B Qwen3.5-9B medium Release: 2026-03-02 Grok 4.20 Grok 4.20 none Release: 2026-03-31
Score 3.8 4.1
Rank #220 #213
Reliability 5.0 N/A
Consistency 8.1 8.1
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 25.8% 27.3%
Flaky tests 5 0
Total Runs 66 54
Cost per result 1.187 1.570
Total Cost $0.036 $0.057
Input Price $0.100 / 1M $1.250 / 1M
Output Price $0.150 / 1M $2.500 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 17,070 41,313
Output Tokens 29,045 1,923
Reasoning Tokens 209,516 0
Response Time (avg) 82.24s 1.11s
Response Time (max) 226.38s 6.04s
Response Time (total) 1315.88s 19.96s

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#220 Qwen3.5-9B

medium
Cost
$0.001
Time
35.9s
Tokens
3,030 tok

#213 xAI: Grok 4.20

none
Cost
$0.004
Time
6.5s
Tokens
1,367 tok

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Category Breakdown

Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Qwen3.5-9B 2.9 10.0 0.0% 0 100.88s 2,396 7,890 41,129
Grok 4.20 1.1 3.1 0.0% 0 1.22s 1,074 312 0

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