Qwen3 8B vs Grok 4.7

Alibaba

61#212

xAI

89#43

Signal-by-Signal Comparison

Signal	Qwen3 8B	Delta	Grok 4.7
Capabilities	67	-33	100
Benchmarks	60	-27	86
Pricing	100	+4	95
Context window size	81	-9	90
Recency	40	-60	100
Output Capacity	63	-28	90
Overall Result	1 wins	of 6	5 wins

Grok 4.7 wins 5 of 6 signals

Score History

Score History (32 data points)

Qwen3 8BGrok 4.7

Qwen3 8B

current score

Leader

Grok 4.7

right now

Grok 4.7

88.8

current score

LMMarketCap.com

Interactive Price Comparison

Quick presets

Monthly API calls

100Kcalls/month

Avg. input tokens/call

1,000tokens (~1,333 chars)

Avg. output tokens/call

500tokens (~667 chars)

Qwen3 8B

Alibaba

Best Value

Per request$0.000344

Daily$1.15

Monthly$34.45

Annual$413.40

Grok 4.7

xAI

Per request$0.004000

Daily$13.33

Monthly$400.00

Annual$4800.00

Qwen3 8B saves you $365.55/month

That's $4386.60/year compared to Grok 4.7 at your current usage level of 100K calls/month.

91% cheaper

Choose Qwen3 8B for cost optimization

Qwen3 8B pricing:

Input:$0.12/M tokens

Output:$0.45/M tokens

Grok 4.7 pricing:

Input:$1.60/M tokens

Output:$4.80/M tokens

Qwen3 8B

Alibaba

Composite Score

Winner

Grok 4.7

xAI

Composite Score

Signal-by-Signal Comparison

Metric	Qwen3 8B	Grok 4.7	Winner
Overall Score	61	89	Grok 4.7
Rank	#212	#43	Grok 4.7
Quality Rank	#212	#43	Grok 4.7
Adoption Rank	#212	#43	Grok 4.7
Parameters	8B	--	--
Context Window	131K	500K	Grok 4.7
Pricing	$0.12/$0.45/M	$1.60/$4.80/M	--
Signal Scores
Capabilities	67	100	Grok 4.7
Benchmarks	60	86	Grok 4.7
Pricing	100	95	Qwen3 8B
Context window size	81	90	Grok 4.7
Recency	40	100	Grok 4.7
Output Capacity	63	90	Grok 4.7

Benchmark Head-to-Head(11 benchmarks)

Qwen3 8B: 0Grok 4.7: 1

Qwen3 8B

Grok 4.7

Normalized 0-100%

MMLU

-91.5%

MMLU-Pro

-83.5%

GPQA Diamond

-82%

MATH-500

-95%

HumanEval

-95.5%

SWE-bench Verified

-70%

AIME 2024

-88%

IFEval

-91%

BBH

-90%

Arena Elo

13471462

LiveBench

-73%

Benchmark Interpretation

Our score (0-100) is driven by benchmark performance (90%) from Arena Elo ratings, MMLU, GPQA, HumanEval, SWE-bench, and 15+ standardized evaluations. Capabilities and context window serve as tiebreakers (10%). Learn more about our methodology.

Qwen3 8BCompetitive

Scores 61/100 (rank #212), placing it in the top 27% of all 290 models tracked.

Raw Quality0/100

Cost Efficiency0/100

Speed0/100

Grok 4.7Elite Tier

Scores 89/100 (rank #43), placing it in the top 86% of all 290 models tracked.

Raw Quality0/100

Cost Efficiency0/100

Speed0/100

Grok 4.7 has a 28-point advantage, which typically translates to noticeably stronger performance on complex reasoning, code generation, and multi-step tasks.

When to Use Each Model

Choose Qwen3 8B when you need:

High-volume production workloads where API costs must be minimized
Step-by-step reasoning and chain-of-thought problem solving
Self-hosted deployments where you need full control over the model

Choose Grok 4.7 when you need:

Processing long documents or large codebases (500K token context)
Multimodal workflows that require image understanding
Step-by-step reasoning and chain-of-thought problem solving

Cost-Performance Analysis

Qwen3 8BBest Value

Input cost$0.12/M tokens

Output cost$0.45/M tokens

Cost per quality point$0.009

Est. monthly (1M tokens/day)$8.58

Grok 4.7

Input cost$1.60/M tokens

Output cost$4.80/M tokens

Cost per quality point$0.072

Est. monthly (1M tokens/day)$96.00

Qwen3 8B offers 91% better value per quality point. At 1M tokens/day, you'd spend $8.58/month with Qwen3 8B vs $96.00/month with Grok 4.7 - a $87.42 monthly difference.

Latency & Speed

Qwen3 8BFaster

Speed score0/100

Grok 4.7

Speed score0/100

Both models have comparable response speeds. For most applications, the latency difference is negligible.

When latency matters most: Interactive chatbots, IDE code completion, real-time translation, and user-facing applications where response time directly impacts experience. For batch processing, background summarization, or offline analysis, latency is less critical.

Example Use Cases

Code generation & review

Based on overall model capabilities and architecture for coding tasks like generating functions, debugging, and refactoring

Qwen3 8B

Customer support chatbot

Suitable for user-facing chat with competitive response times. Qwen3 8B also offers lower per-token costs for high-volume support

Qwen3 8B

Long document analysis

Larger context window (500K tokens) can process longer documents, contracts, and research papers in a single pass

Grok 4.7

Batch data extraction

Lower output pricing ($0.45/M) reduces costs when processing thousands of records daily

Qwen3 8B

Creative writing & content

Higher overall composite score (89/100) correlates with better nuance, coherence, and style in long-form content

Grok 4.7

Image understanding & OCR

Supports vision input - can analyze screenshots, diagrams, photos, and scanned documents directly

Grok 4.7

Which Should You Choose?

Our recommendation:

Grok 4.7

Grok 4.7 clearly outperforms Qwen3 8B with a significant 27.799999999999997-point lead. For most general use cases, Grok 4.7 is the stronger choice. However, Qwen3 8B may still excel in niche scenarios.

By Use Case

Best for Quality

Qwen3 8B

Marginally better benchmark scores; both are excellent

Best for Cost

Qwen3 8B

91% lower pricing; better value at scale

Best for Reliability

Qwen3 8B

Higher uptime and faster response speeds

Best for Prototyping

Qwen3 8B

Stronger community support and better developer experience

Best for Production

Qwen3 8B

Wider enterprise adoption and proven at scale

Qwen3 8B

by Alibaba

Choose for Quality - Marginally better benchmark scores; both are excellent
Choose for Cost - 91% lower pricing; better value at scale
Choose for Reliability - Higher uptime and faster response speeds
Choose for Prototyping - Stronger community support and better developer experience
Choose for Production - Wider enterprise adoption and proven at scale