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xAI: Grok 4.5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-07-09.
| xAI: Grok 4.5 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | x-ai | qwen |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | - | 31.4 |
| Input Price | $2.00/M | $0.10/M |
| Output Price | $6.00/M | $0.15/M |
| Context Window | 500,000 | 262,144 |
| Max Output | - | 262,144 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | - | 35.4 |
| ai_index_agentic | - | 12.2 |
| ai_index_coding | - | 47.3 |
Who wins by task?
| Task | xAI: Grok 4.5 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 133 | 145 |
| Code Review | 132 | 139 |
| Code Completion | 118 | 129 |
| Code Refactoring | 136 | 138 |
| Bug Fixing | 136 | 145 |
| Unit Test Generation | 124 | 133 |
| Code Documentation | 130 | 130 |
| Regex Writing | 118 | 126 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 120 | 126 |
| Frontend Component Design | 122 | 131 |
| Data Analysis | 124 | 140 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 133 | 137 |
| ETL Scripting | 128 | 132 |
| JSON Extraction | 122 | 139 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 119 | 132 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 131 | 135 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 131 | 135 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 137 | 138 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 114 | 127 |
| Blog Post Writing | 121 | 126 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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