Models

Grok 4.5 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Compare Grok 4.5 from Grok and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B 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
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Qwen · text, image → text

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking is a reasoning-first chat model in the Qwen3-Next line that excels by outputting structured 'thinking' traces (Chain-of-Thought) by default. Designed for hard, multi-step problems, it is ideal for tasks like math proofs, code synthesis, logic puzzles, and agentic planning. Compared to other Qwen3 variants, it offers greater stability during long reasoning chains and is tuned to follow complex instructions without getting repetitive or off-task. This model is perfectly suited for agent frameworks, tool use (function calling), and benchmarks where a step-by-step breakdown is required. It leverages throughput-oriented techniques for fast generation of detailed, procedural outputs.

Input$0.14 /M
Output$1.42 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Grok 4.5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Input /M
$2.00
$0.14
Output /M
$6.00
$1.42
Cache read /M
$0.50
$0.14
Context length
500,000
256,000
Max output
500,000
256,000
Time to First Token
1.7 s
0.5 s
Throughput
30.9 tok/s
211.9 tok/s
Modalities
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textimage
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-next-80b-a3b-thinking
13001360142014801540
Overall
13701470
Coding
14211523
Math
13901478
Hard prompts
13841495
Instruction following
13591466
Multi-turn
13501477
Creative writing
13241449
Longer query
13691485
Chinese
14141511
English
13871475

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 Next 80B A3B Thinking
$29.82 /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 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: $1.42/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 Next 80B A3B Thinking: 1421 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: 0.5s 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 Next 80B A3B Thinking accepts 256,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5 and 256,000 tokens on Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking at 211.9 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 30.9 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 Next 80B A3B Thinking accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Grok 4.5 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B 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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