Models

Grok 4.5 vs Qwen Turbo

Output tokens cost $6.00 per million on Grok 4.5 and $0.09 per million on Qwen Turbo. Input tokens cost $2.00 per million on Grok 4.5 and $0.05 per million on Qwen Turbo. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.50 per million on Grok 4.5 and $0.01 per million on Qwen Turbo.

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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
Qwen Turbo
Qwen · → text

The Qwen series model with the fastest speed and lowest cost, suitable for simple tasks. This model is a dynamically updated version, and updates will not be announced in advance. The model's overall Chinese and English abilities have been significantly improved, human preference alignment has been greatly enhanced, inference capability and complex instruction understanding have been substantially strengthened, performance on difficult tasks is better, and mathematics and coding skills have been significantly improved. The current version is qwen-turbo-2025-04-28.

Input$0.05 /M
Output$0.09 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Grok 4.5
Qwen Turbo
Input /M
$2.00
$0.05
Output /M
$6.00
$0.09
Cache read /M
$0.50
$0.01
Context length
500,000
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Max output
500,000
0
Time to First Token
1.8 s
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Throughput
26.6 tok/s
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Modalities
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
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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Cost calculator

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

Qwen Turbo
$4.14 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Grok 4.5, Qwen Turbo?

Qwen Turbo: $0.09/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Can I call Grok 4.5 and Qwen Turbo 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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