Grok 4.2 is xAI’s latest large language model, built for strong reasoning, multimodal understanding, and enterprise use. It improves instruction following, honesty, and calibration over earlier Grok versions, while supporting both single‑agent and multi‑agent workflows. Designed as a general‑purpose, truth‑seeking assistant, Grok 4.2 is well suited for research, analysis, coding, and complex professional tasks when deployed with appropriate guardrails.
grok-4-20-non-reasoning vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Compare grok-4-20-non-reasoning from Grok and Qwen3.8 Max Preview 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.
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.
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FAQ
Which is cheaper: grok-4-20-non-reasoning, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?
Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M output tokens; grok-4-20-non-reasoning: $6.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
Which responds faster?
grok-4-20-non-reasoning: 0.7s 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-4-20-non-reasoning accepts 2,000,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 2,000,000 tokens on grok-4-20-non-reasoning and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.
Which one generates tokens faster?
grok-4-20-non-reasoning at 153.0 tok/s and Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 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-4-20-non-reasoning accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; 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-4-20-non-reasoning 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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