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Grok 4.6vsQwen3.6-Plus
Grok 4.6 leads 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. Qwen3.6-Plus is 4.2x cheaper per token. Qwen3.6-Plus has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
4 – 0
Grok 4.6 leads
Cheaper per token
Qwen3.6-Plus
4.2x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Qwen3.6-Plus
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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xAI · Qwen
Grok 4.6
xAI · released 2026-08-12
textvision
Qwen3.6-Plus
Qwen · released 2026-04-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
4 shared · 11 only Grok 4.6 · 2 only Qwen3.6-Plus| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.6-Plus | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 4 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 94% ↗epoch | 88.4% ↗epoch | +5.6 pt | Grok 4.6 |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 66% ↗epoch | 38.2% ↗epoch | +27.8 pt | Grok 4.6 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 99.2% ↗epoch | 93.3% ↗epoch | +5.9 pt | Grok 4.6 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 49.3% ↗epoch | 44.1% ↗epoch | +5.2 pt | Grok 4.6 |
| Only Grok 4.6 reports · 11 | ||||
| AA-Briefcase | 1577 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| APEX-Agents | 57.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| APEX-SWE | 56.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 61 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 69.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 65.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierCode v1.1 (Extended) | 61.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 31.7% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| GDPVal-AA v2 | 1753 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Harvey LAB (Vals) | 15.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 26% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.6-Plus reports · 2 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1436.7 ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 57.9% ↗epoch | — | — |
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 4.6 minus Qwen3.6-Plus 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 4.6 | Qwen3.6-Plus | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 500K tokens | 1M tokens | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $2 ↗ | $0.276 ↗ | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| Output price / 1M | $6 ↗ | $1.65 ↗ | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.5 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $8 | $1.93 | Qwen3.6-Plus |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-08-12 | 2026-04-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 15 | 6 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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