Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct vs Grok 4

Comparing 2 AI models · 6 benchmarks · Alibaba, xAI

Most Affordable
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Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
$0.70/1M
Highest Intelligence
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Grok 4
87.7% GPQA
Best for Coding
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Grok 4
55.1 Coding Index
Price Difference
4.3x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

6 tests
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Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

0

No clear wins

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Grok 4

6
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • MATH 500
  • AIME 2025
Metric
Alibaba logo Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
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Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.70/1M $3.00/1M
Output Cost $2.80/1M $15.00/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$1.22/1M $6.00/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
Alibaba xAI
Release Date Launch date
Sep 23, 2025 Jul 10, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
36.6 tok/s 37.2 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
1215ms 9172ms
Latency Time to first answer token
1215ms 9172ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
44.1 65.3
Coding Index Programming ability
33.9 55.1
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
70.7 92.7
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
71.2% 87.7%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
82.3% 86.6%
HLE Hard language evaluation
6.3% 23.9%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
59.4% 81.9%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
99.0%
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
70.7% 92.7%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
94.3%
SciCode Scientific code generation
35.9% 45.7%
LCR Code review capability
31.7% 68.0%
IFBench Instruction-following
42.7% 53.7%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
35.1% 74.9%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
6.4% 37.6%

Key Takeaways

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct offers the best value at $0.70/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Grok 4 leads in reasoning capabilities with a 87.7% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

Grok 4 achieves a 55.1 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
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Grok 4

  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development

Cost Calculator

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per month
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Costs are estimates based on API pricing. Actual costs may vary based on caching, batch processing, and volume discounts.