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xAI: Grok 4.3 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-06-17.
| xAI: Grok 4.3 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | x-ai | qwen |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 75.0 | 55.8 |
| Input Price | $1.25/M | $0.14/M |
| Output Price | $2.50/M | $1.00/M |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 | 262,144 |
| Max Output | - | 81,920 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 62.0 | 48.3 |
| ai_index_agentic | 100.0 | 72.8 |
| ai_index_coding | 67.7 | 49.9 |
Who wins by task?
| Task | xAI: Grok 4.3 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 166 | 155 |
| Code Review | 161 | 148 |
| Code Completion | 120 | 130 |
| Code Refactoring | 159 | 145 |
| Bug Fixing | 176 | 160 |
| Unit Test Generation | 148 | 139 |
| Code Documentation | 141 | 133 |
| Regex Writing | 134 | 131 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 140 | 132 |
| Frontend Component Design | 142 | 137 |
| Data Analysis | 166 | 155 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 149 | 140 |
| ETL Scripting | 149 | 138 |
| JSON Extraction | 136 | 141 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 125 | 132 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 142 | 137 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 142 | 137 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 156 | 143 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 122 | 129 |
| Blog Post Writing | 137 | 131 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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