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Grok 4.6 vs Qwen: Qwen3 32B benchmark

Name: Grok 4.6 vs Qwen: Qwen3 32B AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Grok 4.6 (xAI) and Qwen: Qwen3 32B (Alibaba) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 16, 2026. Qwen: Qwen3 32B wins on output price at $0.28/1M. Grok 4.6 has the larger context window (500k tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Grok 4.6

xAI Aug 12 2026 post-training refresh of Grok 4.5. Same $2/$6 API price, 500k context, stronger agentic traces.

Elo 1,592$6/1M out

Alibaba

Qwen: Qwen3 32B

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (qwen/qwen3-32b). Preview until a second source matches.

$0.28/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Grok 4.6 (8)vsQwen: Qwen3 32B (2)

Grok 4.6: 8W (80%)Overall: Grok 4.6Qwen: Qwen3 32B: 2W (20%)

← Grok 4.6Qwen: Qwen3 32B →

Grok 4.6 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,592vs—

Coding Elo

1,568vs—

SWE-bench

69.1%vs—

LiveBench

71.4%vs—

GPQA Diamond

84.6%vs—

Grok 4.6: 5WQwen: Qwen3 32B: 0W

Grok 4.6 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

118 tok/svs—

Time to first token

195 msvs—

Grok 4.6: 2WQwen: Qwen3 32B: 0W

Qwen: Qwen3 32B (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$6/1Mvs$0.28/1M

Input price

$2/1Mvs$0.08/1M

Context window

500kvs131k

Grok 4.6: 1WQwen: Qwen3 32B: 2W

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageGrok 4.6 5/6

Preference Elo

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Throughput Speed

No shared data

Price Efficiency

Qwen: Qwen3 32B

$5.72/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,592

EloHigh is better

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Code Elo

High is better

1,568

Code EloHigh is better

—

LiveBench

High is better

71.4%

LiveBenchHigh is better

—

SWE-bench

High is better

69.1%

SWE-benchHigh is better

—

GPQA

High is better

84.6%

GPQAHigh is better

—

TTFT

Low is better

195 ms

TTFTLow is better

—

Speed

High is better

118 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

—

In $

Low is better

$2/1M

In $Low is better

$0.08/1M+2400%

Out $

Low is better

$6/1M

Out $Low is better

$0.28/1M+2043%

Context

High is better

+281%500k

ContextHigh is better

131k

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Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 96% with Qwen: Qwen3 32B

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Grok 4.6$160.00 / mo

In: $70.00Out: $90.00

Qwen: Qwen3 32B$7.00 / mo

In: $2.80Out: $4.20

Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen: Qwen3 32B is estimated to save $153.00/month ($1,836/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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Qwen: Qwen3 32B:Pick Qwen: Qwen3 32B when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen: Qwen3 32B

Lower output list price ($0.28/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGGrok 4.6

Larger window (500k).

Screenshots / visionGrok 4.6

Grok 4.6 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Qwen: Qwen3 32B	Lower output list price ($0.28/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Grok 4.6	Larger window (500k).
Screenshots / vision	Grok 4.6	Grok 4.6 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

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compareAug 12, 2026

Grok vs ChatGPT: price and Elo, not a personality contest

Brand hub remaps to top xAI vs top OpenAI. After Aug 12 that is Grok 4.6 vs Sol.

launchAug 12, 2026

Grok 4.6 (Aug 12): post-training refresh, same $2/$6 list

xAI’s Aug 12 2026 refresh of Grok 4.5. 500k context. The Grok vs ChatGPT hub remaps here.

launchJul 10, 2025

Grok 4 remains the previous xAI flagship on this catalog

2025-07 row. 4.6 is the buy. We keep 4 so upgrade pairs and old inbound links resolve.

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xAI

Grok 4.6

Elo 1,592

LiveBench71.4%

SWE-bench69.1%

Speed118 tok/s

Output cost$6/1M

Alibaba

Qwen: Qwen3 32B

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$0.28/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Grok 4.6 or Qwen: Qwen3 32B?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Grok 4.6 or Qwen: Qwen3 32B?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Qwen: Qwen3 32B output tokens are $0.28/1M versus $6/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Grok 4.6 or Qwen: Qwen3 32B?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Grok 4.6 accepts 500k tokens versus 131k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Grok 4.6 and Qwen: Qwen3 32B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Grok 4.6 vs Qwen: Qwen3 32B benchmark

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Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Grok 4.6 (8)vsQwen: Qwen3 32B (2)

Grok 4.6: 8W (80%)Overall: Grok 4.6Qwen: Qwen3 32B: 2W (20%)

← Grok 4.6Qwen: Qwen3 32B →

Grok 4.6 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,592vs—

Coding Elo

1,568vs—

SWE-bench

69.1%vs—

LiveBench

71.4%vs—

GPQA Diamond

84.6%vs—

Grok 4.6: 5WQwen: Qwen3 32B: 0W

Grok 4.6 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

118 tok/svs—

Time to first token

195 msvs—

Grok 4.6: 2WQwen: Qwen3 32B: 0W

Qwen: Qwen3 32B (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$6/1Mvs$0.28/1M

Input price

$2/1Mvs$0.08/1M

Context window

500kvs131k

Grok 4.6: 1WQwen: Qwen3 32B: 2W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen: Qwen3 32B

Lower output list price ($0.28/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGGrok 4.6

Larger window (500k).

Screenshots / visionGrok 4.6

Grok 4.6 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Qwen: Qwen3 32B	Lower output list price ($0.28/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Grok 4.6	Larger window (500k).
Screenshots / vision	Grok 4.6	Grok 4.6 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Grok 4.6 or Qwen: Qwen3 32B?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Grok 4.6 or Qwen: Qwen3 32B?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Qwen: Qwen3 32B output tokens are $0.28/1M versus $6/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Grok 4.6 or Qwen: Qwen3 32B?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Grok 4.6 accepts 500k tokens versus 131k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Grok 4.6 and Qwen: Qwen3 32B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Qwen: Qwen3 32B

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Recommended Workload Routing

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

Grok vs ChatGPT: price and Elo, not a personality contest

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Grok 4 remains the previous xAI flagship on this catalog

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Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

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Qwen: Qwen3 32B

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Key Selection Recommendations

Recommended Workload Routing

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

Grok vs ChatGPT: price and Elo, not a personality contest

Grok 4.6 (Aug 12): post-training refresh, same $2/$6 list

Grok 4 remains the previous xAI flagship on this catalog

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