Grok 4.6 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.
model vs model · prices as of
Grok 4.6 and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct split the 5 rounds this table counts: the two list price rows, the cheapest price we can explain, the standard price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
xAIGrok 4.6
$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 CloudQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
$1.75/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at SiliconFlow (China) · $0.21 per 1,000 pages
262k context · tool calling · open weights
List price in (lower wins)
$2/M
$1.50/M
List price out (lower wins)
$6/M
$7.50/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
none below list
$1.75/M at SiliconFlow (China)
Standard price (lower wins)
$12/M
$12/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$1.56
$0.21
Context
500k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
no
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
not stated
Reads images
yes
no
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
12 Aug 2026
1 Apr 2025
Providers selling it
34
17
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 · 7
Abacus$12 / $2.07
Jiekou$12 / $2.69
LLM Gateway$12 / $2.69
Requesty$12 / $2.80
TrustedRouter$12.66 / $2.84
302.AI$12 / $6.01
Eden AI$12 / $7.80
Grok 4.6 then Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct, per million tokens
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Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- Grok 4.6
Nous Portal$1.60 / $4.80 $2 / $625% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct, at $1.75 per million tokens against $12 for Grok 4.6, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Grok 4.6: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $12 is the number to beat. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: $1.75 at SiliconFlow (China).
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 7 providers sell both: Abacus, Jiekou, LLM Gateway, Requesty, TrustedRouter, 302.AI, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Abacus.
- Which holds more context?
- Grok 4.6, 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.