Grok vs Qwen at a glance
| Grok | Qwen | |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | xAI | Alibaba |
| Latest version | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3.7 Max |
| Known for | Real-time | Multilingual |
| Context window | Up to 2 million tokens (flagship tier) | Up to 1 million tokens |
| Multimodal support | Text, images, and video | Text, images, and video |
| Open source | No | Yes |
| Official pricing | Free tier on X and grok.com; SuperGrok is $30/mo | Free to chat here; low-cost API from $0.10 per million tokens |
Grok benchmark highlight
Posts 83.3% on Terminal-Bench 2.1 and leads outright on SWE Marathon
Qwen benchmark highlight
Scores 80.4% on SWE-bench Verified and 92.4% on GPQA Diamond, the top-ranked Chinese model
Which one should you use?
Choose Grok if you want:
- Current events & trending topics
- Fast-moving research
- Math & reasoning problems
- A more direct, less filtered tone
Choose Qwen if you want:
- Multilingual & translation tasks
- Global/localization use cases
- Developers building on open models
- Long-running agent workflows
Standout strengths
Grok
Real-time information
Reads live public posts and events, so it's strong on breaking news and fast-moving topics.
DeepSearch citations
Pulls and cites sources directly instead of answering purely from training memory.
Strong reasoning & math
Competitive on academic and PhD-level science benchmarks, with sharply reduced hallucination rates.
Qwen
200+ languages
Supports an unusually wide range of languages and dialects for global and localization work.
Native multimodal
Understands text, images, and video together within a single model, not bolted-on separately.
Massive open ecosystem
The most-downloaded open model family in the world, with a huge library of community fine-tunes.
Frequently asked questions
Try Grok and Qwen for free
No credit card, no account required. Pick Grok for current events & trending topics, or Qwen for multilingual & translation tasks.