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Grok 4.7 vs Qwen 3.8 Max

SpaceXAI against Qwen, compared on context, price, and verified benchmark results.

Catalog record checked September 26, 2026Individual provider fields may changeEvidence confidence: High — see receipts below

SpaceXAI

Grok 4.7

Frontier

vs

Qwen

Qwen 3.8 Max

Frontier · Open weights

AI model capability comparison
SpecificationGrok 4.7Qwen 3.8 Max
ProviderSpaceXAIQwen
TierFrontierFrontier
Context window500KWinner: 1M
Max outputNot verifiedUnverified131K
Input / 1M tokens$2$2
Output / 1M tokens$6$6
WeightsClosedOpen
Parametersnew, larger base model with longer RL on multi-hour tasks2.4T total / 95B active (MoE)
Reasoning levelslow, medium, high, xhighlow, high, max
Modalitiestext, imagetext, image, video
API model idgrok-4.7qwen3.8-max
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2026August 3, 2026
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index [xhigh] (2026-09-26)46.4Not verifiedUnverified
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (2026-09-26)Not verifiedUnverified45.4
DeepSWE 1.1 [high] (2026-09-21)71Not verifiedUnverified
Terminal-Bench 4.0 [xhigh] (2026-09-26)25.8Not verifiedUnverified
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (2026-08-03)Not verifiedUnverified86.6
GPQA Diamond (2026-08-03)Not verifiedUnverified92.6
Humanity's Last Exam (2026-08-14)Not verifiedUnverified56.2
SWE-bench Verified (2026-09-01)Not verifiedUnverified85.6

Prices are USD per million tokens at standard rates, excluding batch and caching discounts. Bold indicates the better figure where one is objectively better. Values we could not confirm from the provider are shown as “Not verified” rather than estimated.

Benchmark receipts

Where each score comes from, and how far it can be compared across models.

Pricing tiers

Grok 4.7: $2/$6 per MTok (<200K prompt); $4/$12 for all tokens at ≥200K. Cached input $0.50/MTok ($1.00 at ≥200K). US regional endpoint 1.1x. No Batch API; the 2x-price 'Fast' variant is Cursor and Grok Build only. xAI lists no separate text-output cap. Knowledge cutoff May 2026.

Qwen 3.8 Max: $2/$6 per MTok (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio). 1M context (up to 991K input), 131,072 max output. A dated snapshot qwen3.8-max-0902 is also listed; open weights shipped separately as Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B.

FrontierRecord checked September 26, 2026

Grok 4.7

Grok 4.7 is xAI's flagship since 2026-09-21 — a larger new base model with longer RL on multi-hour tasks, at Grok 4.6's $2/$6 price.

Best for

  • Coding agents
  • Cost-sensitive frontier work
  • Cursor and GitHub Copilot users

Watch out

Token rates double above a 200K-token prompt and there is no Batch API; the DeepSWE figure is vendor-reported.

FrontierOpen weightsRecord checked September 26, 2026

Qwen 3.8 Max

Qwen 3.8 Max is Alibaba's flagship — 2.4T MoE with 1M-class context, near frontier on the Intelligence Index.

Best for

  • Open-weight frontier work
  • Long-context
  • Multimodal

Watch out

Open weights dropped 2026-08-12 under a custom (non-Apache) licence with vision and 1M-context stripped from the open checkpoint — the open checkpoint is not the full API model. Verify the licence before commercial use.

When the cheaper one wins

Both charge $6 per million output tokens at standard rates, so output price is not the split. Prefer the row whose “best for” line matches the job, then confirm the live vendor rate.

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Evidence confidence: High

How strong and complete the evidence behind this comparison is — not a prediction of which model is better.

  • Pricing verified on both sides — Input and output rates are verified for both models.
  • 4/5 core specs verified on both sides — Not published for at least one side: max output.
  • 1 shared named benchmark (scores match) — Measured on: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index — scores are equivalent, so the benchmark does not separate the pair.
  • Verified within the last 90 days — Newest catalog check was 2 days ago.
  • Both models carry source citations — Each side has at least two catalog sources on record.

Source receipts

Each catalog figure was checked against the provider or an independent second source on the date shown.

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Common questions

Grok 4.7 vs Qwen 3.8 Max

Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.

Is Grok 4.7 or Qwen 3.8 Max cheaper for input?
Both cost $2 per million input tokens at standard rates, so input price is not a deciding factor between them.
Is Grok 4.7 or Qwen 3.8 Max cheaper for output?
Both cost $6 per million output tokens at standard rates, so output price is not a deciding factor between them.
Which has the larger context window, Grok 4.7 or Qwen 3.8 Max?
Qwen 3.8 Max accepts 1M tokens against 500K for Grok 4.7. This only matters if you routinely send very long documents or large codebases.
Do Grok 4.7 and Qwen 3.8 Max support the same reasoning levels?
Grok 4.7 exposes low, medium, high, xhigh, while Qwen 3.8 Max exposes low, high, max.
Should I use Grok 4.7 or Qwen 3.8 Max?
Both sit in the frontier tier, so the choice usually comes down to price and context rather than capability. Grok 4.7 suits coding agents; Qwen 3.8 Max suits open-weight frontier work.
Can I self-host Grok 4.7 or Qwen 3.8 Max?
Qwen 3.8 Max publishes open weights, but self-hosting and third-party provider access depend on the licence, hardware, serving support, and availability. Grok 4.7 is a closed model whose supported access paths are controlled by its provider.

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Choosing between them

The verified figures that separate this pair, computed from the catalog rather than restated boilerplate.

  • Context: Qwen 3.8 Max takes 1M against 500K for Grok 4.7 — only decisive if your prompts approach the smaller window.
  • Deployment: Qwen 3.8 Max publishes weights you can self-host; the other is API-only.
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