Models

Grok 4.5 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Compare Grok 4.5 from Grok and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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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 VL 235B A22B Thinking
Qwen · text, image, video → text

The Qwen3 series open-source models include hybrid models, thinking models, and non-thinking models, with both reasoning capabilities and general abilities reaching industry SOTA levels at the same scale.

Input$0.27 /M
Output$2.74 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Grok 4.5
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking
Input /M
$2.00
$0.27
Output /M
$6.00
$2.74
Cache read /M
$0.50
$0.27
Context length
500,000
131,000
Max output
500,000
33,000
Time to First Token
1.7 s
2.2 s
Throughput
31.2 tok/s
57.8 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
thinkingtoolsfunction 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-vl-235b-a22b-thinking
1320138014401500
Overall
13961470
Coding
14561523
Math
14051478
Hard prompts
14191495
Instruction following
13841466
Multi-turn
13881477
Creative writing
13391449
Longer query
14071485
Chinese
14401511
English
14041475
Vision
grok-4.5qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinking
1160122012801340
Overall
11901282
OCR
12011295
Diagram
12111321
Homework
12291328

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 VL 235B A22B Thinking
$57.54 /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 VL 235B A22B Thinking?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: $2.74/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 VL 235B A22B Thinking: 1456 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Grok 4.5: 1.7s 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 VL 235B A22B Thinking accepts 131,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5 and 33,000 tokens on Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking at 57.8 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 31.2 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 VL 235B A22B Thinking accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Grok 4.5 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking 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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