Grok Build 0.1 vs Qwen3 235B-A22B.
model vs model · prices as of
Qwen3 235B-A22B takes 3 of 5 rounds against Grok Build 0.1. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.61 per million tokens against $5.
xAIGrok Build 0.1
$5/M tokens
xAI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.72 per 1,000 pages
256k context · tool calling · reads images
Alibaba Cloudwins 3 roundsQwen3 235B-A22B
$0.61/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at OpenRouter · $0.0735 per 1,000 pages
131k context · tool calling · open weights
List price in (lower wins)
$1/M
$0.70/M
List price out (lower wins)
$2/M
$2.80/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
none below list
$0.61/M at OpenRouter
Standard price (lower wins)
$5/M
$4.90/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.72
$0.0735
Context
256k tokens
131k tokens
Open weights
no
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
not stated
Reads images
yes
no
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
16 Apr 2026
1 Apr 2025
Providers selling it
20
37
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 · 11
Nous Portal$5 / $0.61
OpenRouter$5 / $0.61
Eden AI$5 / $0.68
LLM Gateway$5 / $0.85
Kilo Gateway$5 / $1.05
Venice$5 / $1.20
NanoGPT$5 / $1.40
Requesty$5 / $1.40
Grok Build 0.1 then Qwen3 235B-A22B, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 11
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- Grok Build 0.1Nous Portal$0.80 / $1.60 $1 / $225% dearer ·
- Qwen3 235B-A22BNanoGPT$0.13 / $0.50 $0.30 / $0.5057% dearer ·
- Qwen3 235B-A22BNous Portal$0.07 / $0.28 $0.09 / $0.3525% dearer ·
- Qwen3 235B-A22BOpenRouter$0.22 / $0.88 $0.09 / $0.3560% cheaper ·
- Qwen3 235B-A22BRequesty$0.20 / $0.60 $0.07 / $0.1074% cheaper ·
- Qwen3 235B-A22B
TrustedRouter$0.21 / $0.84 $0.21 / $0.936% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Grok Build 0.1 or Qwen3 235B-A22B?
- Qwen3 235B-A22B, at $0.61 per million tokens against $5 for Grok Build 0.1, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Grok Build 0.1: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $5 is the number to beat. Qwen3 235B-A22B: $0.61 at OpenRouter.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 11 providers sell both: Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Eden AI, LLM Gateway, Kilo Gateway, Venice, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.
- Which holds more context?
- Grok Build 0.1, at 256k tokens against 131k.
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.