Models

Grok 4.5 vs Qwen3.5 27B

Compare Grok 4.5 from Grok and Qwen3.5 27B 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 4.5QwenQwen3.5 27B
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
Qwen3.5 27B
Qwen · text, image, video → text

The Qwen 3.5 native vision-language Plus model is built on a hybrid architecture that integrates linear attention mechanisms with sparse mixture-of-experts models, achieving higher inference efficiency. In multiple task evaluations, the 3.5 series has demonstrated outstanding performance comparable to current leading frontier models, with leapfrog improvements over the 3 series in both pure-text and multimodal capabilities. This model version is functionally equivalent to the snapshot model qwen3.5-plus-2026-02-15.

Input$0.0846 /M
Output$0.6768 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Grok 4.5
Qwen3.5 27B
Input /M
$2
$0.0846
Output /M
$6
$0.6768
Cache read /M
$0.5
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Context length
500,000
991,000
Max output
500,000
64,000
Time to First Token
2.8 s
1.7 s
Throughput
31.5 tok/s
25.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
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.

grok-4.5qwen3.5-27b

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.

grok-4.5qwen3.5-27b

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-4.5qwen3.5-27b
1340140014601520
Overall
14081471
Coding
14501523
Math
14291479
Hard prompts
14271495
Instruction following
14001466
Multi-turn
14141476
Creative writing
13561451
Longer query
14221487
Chinese
14661512
English
14261476
Vision
grok-4.5qwen3.5-27b
1200124012801320
Overall
12191282
OCR
12331294
Diagram
12421319
Homework
12431324
WebDev Arena
grok-4.5qwen3.5-27b
13001380146015401620
Overall
13571556
React
13451559
HTML
13931571
Gaming
13451589
Simulations
13351585
Data analytics
13561521

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.

Qwen3.5 27B
$15.23 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Grok 4.5, Qwen3.5 27B?

Qwen3.5 27B: $0.6768/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; Qwen3.5 27B: 1450 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Qwen3.5 27B: 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 4.5 accepts 500,000 and Qwen3.5 27B accepts 991,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5 and 64,000 tokens on Qwen3.5 27B.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Grok 4.5 at 31.5 tok/s and Qwen3.5 27B at 25.1 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 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; Qwen3.5 27B accepts text, image and video input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.

Can I call Grok 4.5 and Qwen3.5 27B 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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