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Grok 4.5vsQwen3.6 35B-A3B

Grok 4.5 leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Grok 4.5 has the larger context window (500K tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
3 – 0
Grok 4.5 leads
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
Grok 4.5
500K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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xAI · Qwen
Grok 4.5
xAI · released 2026-07-08
textvision
Context
500K
Max out
Input /1M
$2
Output /1M
$6
Cached /1M
$0.3
Scores
6 · 6 core
textvision
Context
262K
Max out
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
6 · 5 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3.6 35B-A3BΔEdge
Reported by both · 3
GPQA Diamond93.4% epoch86% +7.4 ptGrok 4.5
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)57.2% epoch17.5% epoch+39.7 ptGrok 4.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)97.8% epoch86.7% epoch+11.1 ptGrok 4.5
Only Grok 4.5 reports · 3
LMArena Elo1450.1 not reported
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)24.4% epochnot reported
SimpleQA Verified48.3% epochnot reported
Only Qwen3.6 35B-A3B reports · 2
SWE-bench Verifiednot reported73.4%
MMLU-Pronot reported85.2%
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 4.5 minus Qwen3.6 35B-A3B 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

SpecGrok 4.5Qwen3.6 35B-A3BEdge
Context window500K tokens262K tokensGrok 4.5
Max output
Input price / 1M$2
Output price / 1M$6
Cached input / 1M$0.3
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$8
Modalitiestext · visiontext · visionTie
Released2026-07-08
Cited benchmark scores66
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