Models

Grok 4.5 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Output tokens cost $6.00 per million on Grok 4.5 and $3.28 per million on Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct. Input tokens cost $2.00 per million on Grok 4.5 and $0.82 per million on Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.50 per million on Grok 4.5 and $0.82 per million on Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct. Context lengths are 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5 and 262,000 tokens on Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 2.0s on Grok 4.5 and 0.9s on Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct. Measured output throughput is 27.0 tok/s on Grok 4.5 and 1655.0 tok/s on Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Grok 4.5 scores 1523 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct scores 1457.

GrokGrok 4.5QwenQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Grok logo
Grok 4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2.00 /M
Output$6.00 /M
Qwen logo
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Qwen · text → text

The code generation model based on Qwen3 has powerful Coding Agent capabilities, achieving state-of-the-art performance compared to open-source models.The model adopts tiered pricing.

Input$0.82 /M
Output$3.28 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Grok 4.5
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Input /M
$2.00
$0.82
Output /M
$6.00
$3.28
Cache read /M
$0.50
$0.82
Context length
500,000
262,000
Max output
500,000
262,000
Time to First Token
2.0 s
0.9 s
Throughput
27.0 tok/s
1655.0 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
July 2026
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
grok-4.5qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct
1340140014601520
Overall
13881470
Coding
14571523
Math
13771478
Hard prompts
14141495
Instruction following
13851466
Multi-turn
13991477
Creative writing
13661449
Longer query
14091485
Chinese
14071511
English
14001475
WebDev Arena
grok-4.5qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct
1240134014401540
Overall
12821556
React
12661559
HTML
12911577
Gaming
15861586
Simulations
15981598
Data analytics
15221522

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
$98.40 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Grok 4.5, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct: $3.28/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct: 1457 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct: 0.9s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct accepts 262,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5 and 262,000 tokens on Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct at 1655.0 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 27.0 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Grok 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct accepts text input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Grok 4.5 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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