Models

grok-2-vision-1212 vs qwen3.8-max-preview

Output tokens cost $9.00 per million on grok-2-vision-1212 and $1.01 per million on qwen3.8-max-preview. Input tokens cost $1.80 per million on grok-2-vision-1212 and $0.34 per million on qwen3.8-max-preview. Cached input tokens are billed at $1.80 per million on grok-2-vision-1212 and $0.03 per million on qwen3.8-max-preview. On the LMArena coding leaderboard grok-2-vision-1212 scores 1359 and qwen3.8-max-preview scores 1528.

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Grok logo
grok-2-vision-1212
Grok · text, image → text

grok-2-vision-1212 is the latest vision model in the Grok family, delivering outstanding performance on vision-based tasks and achieving state-of-the-art results in visual mathematical reasoning and document-based question answering. It supports a wide range of visual inputs, including documents, charts, screenshots, and real-world images, making it well-suited for advanced visual understanding and reasoning use cases. The price of calling this model in AIhubMix is ​​10% lower than on the official website.

Input$1.80 /M
Output$9.00 /M
Qwen logo
qwen3.8-max-preview
Qwen · text, image → text

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.

Input$0.34 /M
Output$1.01 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

grok-2-vision-1212
qwen3.8-max-preview
Input /M
$1.80
$0.34
Output /M
$9.00
$1.01
Cache read /M
$1.80
$0.03
Context length
0
983,616
Max output
0
131,072
Time to First Token
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2.4 s
Throughput
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48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats

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-2-vision-1212qwen3.8-max-preview
12601340142015001580
Overall
13351490
Coding
13591528
Math
12941513
Hard prompts
13261516
Instruction following
13121484
Multi-turn
13241506
Creative writing
13171483
Longer query
13351509
Chinese
13411557
English
13461493

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.

qwen3.8-max-preview
$35.49 /mo
grok-2-vision-1212
$243 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: grok-2-vision-1212, qwen3.8-max-preview?

qwen3.8-max-preview: $1.01/M output tokens; grok-2-vision-1212: $9.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

qwen3.8-max-preview: 1528; grok-2-vision-1212: 1359 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

grok-2-vision-1212 accepts text and image input; qwen3.8-max-preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.

Can I call grok-2-vision-1212 and qwen3.8-max-preview 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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