Models

Grok 4.5 vs Qwen3 Coder Flash

Compare Grok 4.5 from Grok and Qwen3 Coder Flash 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.

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Grok logo
Grok 4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2 /M
Output$6 /M
Cache read$0.5 /M
Qwen logo
Qwen3 Coder Flash
Qwen · text → text

Qwen3 Coder Flash is Alibaba's fast and cost efficient version of their proprietary Qwen3 Coder Plus. It is a powerful coding agent model specializing in autonomous programming via tool calling and environment interaction, combining coding proficiency with versatile general-purpose abilities.

Input$0.136 /M
Output$0.544 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Grok 4.5
Qwen3 Coder Flash
Input /M
$2
$0.136
Output /M
$6
$0.544
Cache read /M
$0.5
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Context length
500,000
256,000
Max output
500,000
65,536
Time to First Token
2.8 s
1.9 s
Throughput
31.6 tok/s
110.3 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
July 2026
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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-4.5qwen3-coder-flash
1340140014601520
Overall
13881471
Coding
14571523
Math
13771479
Hard prompts
14141495
Instruction following
13851466
Multi-turn
13991476
Creative writing
13651451
Longer query
14091487
Chinese
14061512
English
14001476
WebDev Arena
grok-4.5qwen3-coder-flash
1240134014401540
Overall
12821556
React
12661559
HTML
12911571
Gaming
12651589
Simulations
12661585
Data analytics
12821521

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 Coder Flash
$16.32 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Grok 4.5, Qwen3 Coder Flash?

Qwen3 Coder Flash: $0.544/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; Qwen3 Coder Flash: 1457 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Qwen3 Coder Flash: 1.9s 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 4.5 accepts 500,000 and Qwen3 Coder Flash accepts 256,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5 and 65,536 tokens on Qwen3 Coder Flash.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Qwen3 Coder Flash at 110.3 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 31.6 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 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; Qwen3 Coder Flash accepts text input and supports tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Grok 4.5 and Qwen3 Coder Flash 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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