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  3. Grok 4 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

Grok 4 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is more budget-friendly at $1.8/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Choose Grok 4 if your priority is peak reasoning, complex code generation, and top preference Elo. Choose Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B if you are optimizing for low latency, high throughput, and cost-efficient API deployment.
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Executive Verdict Summary

Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B holds empirical advantage (3 of 3 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench
Grok 4Top code solve rate
ReasoningGPQA / Live
Grok 4Top logical accuracy
Best Value$/1M Tok
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3BLowest API billing cost
Speed / TokTok/Sec
Grok 4Fastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

3 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

Grok 4 (0)Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B (3)
Grok 4
0 of 3 Wins
Competitive baseline across remaining benchmarks
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
3 of 3 Wins
✓Input price✓Output price✓Context window
xAI
Grok 4

Previous xAI flagship.

Grok 4.0Elo 1,488In: $3 · Out: $15/1M
Alibaba
Leads 3 of 3
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $0.225 · Out: $1.8/1M

Grok 4 Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

2 models

Currently comparing Grok 4 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: Grok 4
Grok 4.6$6
Top Rival Showdowns for Grok 4
All Matchups
Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs GPT-5vs Gemini 3 Provs DeepSeek V4 Provs Qwen 3 Max
Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B Wins

Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

$1.7999999999999998 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

Grok 4 (6)vsQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B (3)
Grok 4: 6W (67%)Overall: Grok 4Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B: 3W (33%)
← Grok 4Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B →
🏆Grok 4 Leads(4/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

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

Benchmark
Grok 4vsQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Preference Elo
1,488vs—
Coding Elo
—vs—
SWE-bench
58.6%vs—
LiveBench
64.1%vs—
GPQA Diamond
79%vs—
Grok 4: 4WQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B: 0W
🏆Grok 4 Leads(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
Grok 4vsQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Output speed
98 tok/svs—
Time to first token
230 msvs—
Grok 4: 2WQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B: 0W
🏆Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B Leads(3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
Grok 4vsQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Output price
$15/1Mvs$1.8/1M+$13.2/1M
Input price
$3/1Mvs$0.225/1M+$2.775/1M
Context window
256kvs262k+6k
Grok 4: 0WQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B: 3W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Grok 4Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Preference Elo
Grok 41,488
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B—
LiveBench
Grok 464.1%
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B—
SWE-bench
Grok 458.6%
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B—
GPQA Diamond
Grok 479%
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B—
Time to first token
Grok 4230 ms
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B—
Output speed
Grok 498 tok/s
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B—
Input priceQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B +$2.775/1M
Grok 4$3/1M
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B$0.225/1M
Output priceQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B +$13.2/1M
Grok 4$15/1M
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B$1.8/1M
Context windowQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B +6k
Grok 4256k
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B262k
BenchmarkGrok 4Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAdvantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,488
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
LiveBench
64.1%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
SWE-bench
58.6%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
GPQA Diamond
79%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Time to first token
230 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Output speed
98 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Input price
$3/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0.225/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$2.775/1M
Output price
$15/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$1.8/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$13.2/1M
Context window
256k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
262k
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+6k

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save 89% with Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
Grok 4$330.00 / mo
In: $105Out: $225
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B$34.87 / mo
In: $7.87Out: $27
Estimated Cost Delta

Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is estimated to save $295.13/month ($3,542/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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    Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B:Pick Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Lower output list price ($1.8/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Larger window (262k).

Screenshots / visionGrok 4

Grok 4 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsinsufficient dataNeed SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chatQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3BLower output list price ($1.8/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient dataNeed TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAGQwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3BLarger window (262k).
Screenshots / visionGrok 4Grok 4 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

View all news
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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Verified Head-to-Head Telemetry

LIVE BENCHMARK
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xAI

Grok 4

Elo 1,488
SWE-bench58.6%
Speed (tok/s)98 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$3/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$15/1M
Alibaba

Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Elo n/a
SWE-bench—
Speed (tok/s)262k
Input / 1M Tokens$0.225/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$1.8/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Grok 4 or Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
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 or Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
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: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B output tokens are $1.8/1M versus $15/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Grok 4 or Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?
We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B accepts 262k tokens versus 256k.
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 and Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Related news

  • launch · Jul 10, 2025

    Grok 4 remains the previous xAI flagship on this catalog

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