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Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview vs xAI: Grok 4.5

Qwen3.6 Max Preview (medium) leads on average score with 8.4 vs 8.3. Qwen3.6 Max Preview (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $1.143 vs $1.928. Grok 4.5 (medium) is faster at 61.71s vs 67.53s, with pass rates of 80.3% vs 78.8%.

Recommended modelQwen3.6 Max Preview (medium)It has the best score here (8.4), while costing about 1.7x less than Grok 4.5 (medium).

Last updated at: 2026-07-25

Metric Qwen3.6 Max Preview Qwen3.6 Max Preview medium Release: 2026-04-20 Grok 4.5 Grok 4.5 medium Release: 2026-07-08
Score 8.4 8.3
Rank #25 #28
Reliability 9.9 10.0
Consistency 8.9 8.9
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 80.3% 78.8%
Flaky tests 3 3
Total Runs 66 66
Cost per result 8.173 12.049
Total Cost $1.143 $1.928
Input Price $1.040 / 1M $2.000 / 1M
Output Price $6.240 / 1M $6.000 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 79,240 122,146
Output Tokens 5,098 5,514
Reasoning Tokens 164,842 275,053
Response Time (avg) 67.53s 61.71s
Response Time (max) 238.07s 436.38s
Response Time (total) 1485.64s 1357.56s

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#25 Qwen3.6 Max Preview

medium
Cost
$0.024
Time
76.5s
Tokens
3,861 tok

#28 xAI: Grok 4.5

medium
Cost
$0.044
Time
59.4s
Tokens
7,512 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
Qwen3.6 Max Preview 8.8 7.8 88.9% 1 146.48s 7,895 427 52,957
Grok 4.5 7.6 7.2 77.8% 1 155.69s 9,579 390 104,634

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