Models

Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning) vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Compare Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning) from Grok and Qwen3.8 Max Preview from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

GrokGrok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning)QwenQwen3.8 Max Preview
Grok logo
Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning)
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.20 Beta is our latest flagship model, offering industry-leading speed and agent tool-invocation capabilities. It combines the lowest hallucination rate on the market with strict prompt adherence, enabling it to consistently deliver precise and factual responses.

Input$2 /M
Output$6 /M
Cache read$0.2 /M
Qwen logo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Qwen · text, image → text

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.

Input$0.338 /M
Output$1.014 /M
Cache read$0.0338 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning)
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$2
$0.338
Output /M
$6
$1.014
Cache read /M
$0.2
$0.0338
Context length
2,000,000
983,616
Max output
2,000,000
131,072
Time to First Token
1.7 s
2.4 s
Throughput
74.3 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
grok-4.20-beta-0309-reasoningqwen3.8-max-preview
1420146015001540
Overall
14721480
Coding
15101520
Math
14671497
Hard prompts
14881502
Instruction following
14461477
Multi-turn
14801493
Creative writing
14471466
Longer query
14661492
Chinese
15021536
English
14781488
Vision
grok-4.20-beta-0309-reasoningqwen3.8-max-preview
1240128013201360
Overall
12561300
OCR
12661315
Diagram
12741326
Homework
12611334
WebDev Arena
grok-4.20-beta-0309-reasoningqwen3.8-max-preview
1320144015601680
Overall
13741670
React
13671679
HTML
13681628
Gaming
13541735
Simulations
13481667
Data analytics
13591615

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo
Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning)
$210 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning), Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.014/M output tokens; Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning): $6/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning): 1510 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning): 1.7s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning) accepts 2,000,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 2,000,000 tokens on Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning) and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning) at 74.3 tok/s and Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning) accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.

Can I call Grok 4.20 Beta 0309 (reasoning) and Qwen3.8 Max Preview with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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