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Grok 4.3vsQwen3.5 397B-A17B
Grok 4.3 leads 3 of 4 shared benchmarks. Qwen3.5 397B-A17B is 3.1x cheaper per token. Grok 4.3 has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
3 – 1
Grok 4.3 leads
Cheaper per token
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
3.1x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Grok 4.3
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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xAI · Qwen
Grok 4.3
xAI
textvision
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
Qwen · released 2026-02-15
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
4 shared · 2 only Grok 4.3 · 3 only Qwen3.5 397B-A17B| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 4 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 88.8% ↗epoch | 88.4% ↗ | +0.4 pt | Grok 4.3 |
| LMArena Elo | 1397.7 ↗ | 1438.3 ↗ | -40.6 | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 42.8% ↗epoch | 29.5% ↗epoch | +13.3 pt | Grok 4.3 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 93.3% ↗epoch | 88.9% ↗epoch | +4.4 pt | Grok 4.3 |
| Only Grok 4.3 reports · 2 | ||||
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 14.6% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 33.2% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.5 397B-A17B reports · 3 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 76.4% ↗ | — | — |
| MMLU-Pro | not reported | 87.8% ↗ | — | — |
| AIME 2026 | not reported | 94.2% ↗matharena ⚠ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Grok 4.3 minus Qwen3.5 397B-A17B in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Grok 4.3 | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 262K tokens | Grok 4.3 |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1.25 ↗ | $0.172 ↗ | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B |
| Output price / 1M | $2.5 ↗ | $1.03 ↗ | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.2 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $3.75 | $1.2 | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | — | 2026-02-15 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 6 | 8 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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