Grok 4.5 vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
model vs model · prices as of
Qwen3.6 Max Preview takes 3 of 5 rounds against Grok 4.5. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $7.61 per million tokens against $12.
xAIGrok 4.5
$12/M tokens
xAI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $1.56 per 1,000 pages
500k context · tool calling · reads images
Alibaba Cloudwins 3 roundsQwen3.6 Max Preview
$7.61/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at Eden AI · $0.811 per 1,000 pages
262k context · tool calling
List price in (lower wins)
$2/M
$1.30/M
List price out (lower wins)
$6/M
$7.80/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
none below list
$7.61/M at Eden AI
Standard price (lower wins)
$12/M
$11.70/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$1.56
$0.811
Context
500k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
no
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
not stated
Reads images
yes
no
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
8 Jul 2026
20 Apr 2026
Providers selling it
35
15
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
not stated
Providers selling both · 8
Eden AI$12 / $7.61
Nous Portal$12 / $9.24
AIHubMix$12 / $11.42
LLM Gateway$12 / $11.70
Pioneer$12 / $11.70
Merge Gateway$12 / $11.81
Poe$12.12 / $11.82
Ofox$12 / $18
Grok 4.5 then Qwen3.6 Max Preview, per million tokens
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- Grok 4.5Nous Portal$1.60 / $4.80 $2 / $625% dearer ·
- Qwen3.6 Max PreviewNous Portal$0.82 / $4.93 $1.03 / $6.1625% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Grok 4.5 or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview, at $7.61 per million tokens against $12 for Grok 4.5, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Grok 4.5: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $12 is the number to beat. Qwen3.6 Max Preview: $7.61 at Eden AI.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 8 providers sell both: Eden AI, Nous Portal, AIHubMix, LLM Gateway, Pioneer, Merge Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
- Which holds more context?
- Grok 4.5, at 500k tokens against 262k.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.