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Grok 4.5 vs Qwen Plus

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xAIGrok 4.5

xAI's Opus-class flagship for frontier coding, agentic tool use, and knowledge work.

89500K ctx$2.00/$6.00 per M#6/92
QwenQwen Plus

Qwen's mid-tier commercial model for balanced performance.

631M ctx$0.26/$0.78 per M#63/92
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Benchmarks
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xAIGrok 4.5
Reasoning
CI 86.2-90.3
CodingInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch ECI·Epoch AI·Provider·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Smarter
Capability
CapabilityECI88.5
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science93.4%Factual Recall53.5%
Math
Math Problems—Competition Math97.8%Research Math—
Agentic
Terminal Tasks83.3%
QwenQwen Plus
CI 62.8-64.3
CodingInsufficient data
AgenticInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch ECI·Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Cheaper
Capability
CapabilityECI63.1
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science48.1%Factual Recall—
Math
Math Problems65.3%Competition Math17.8%Research Math1.7%
Agentic
Terminal Tasks—
Specs
xAIGrok 4.5
500K
Context
16K
Max output
Jul 2026
Released
QwenQwen Plus
1M
Context
33K
Max output
Feb 2025
Released
Capabilities
xAIGrok 4.5
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
QwenQwen Plus
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Pricing
xAIGrok 4.5
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$2.00/M tokens
Output$6.00/M tokens
Cache read$0.50/M tokens
Web search$0.005/search
QwenQwen Plus
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$0.26/M tokens
Output$0.78/M tokens
Cache read$0.05/M tokens
Cache write$0.33/M tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions: Grok 4.5 vs Qwen Plus▼

Which is better, Grok 4.5 or Qwen Plus?

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Based on the Capability Index, Grok 4.5 scores higher (88.5 vs 63.1). However, "better" depends on your use case — pricing, speed, context window, and specific capability needs all matter.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.5 or Qwen Plus?

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Qwen Plus has a lower blended cost. Grok 4.5: $2.00 input / $6.00 output. Qwen Plus: $0.26 input / $0.78 output.

Which has a larger context window, Grok 4.5 or Qwen Plus?

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Qwen Plus has a larger context window: Grok 4.5 supports 500K tokens vs Qwen Plus at 1M tokens.

Do both Grok 4.5 and Qwen Plus support vision?

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Grok 4.5 supports vision/image input, but Qwen Plus does not.

What are the key differences between Grok 4.5 and Qwen Plus?

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Key differences: Grok 4.5 has a notably higher capability index (25.4 point gap); Qwen Plus is significantly cheaper; only Grok 4.5 supports vision input; only Grok 4.5 offers extended reasoning mode. Compare full specs on this page.

Which model should I choose for my use case?

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If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Grok 4.5 and Qwen Plus for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.

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