Qwen3 Max vs Grok 4.7

Alibaba

67#182

xAI

89#43

Signal-by-Signal Comparison

Signal	Qwen3 Max	Delta	Grok 4.7
Capabilities	50	-50	100
Benchmarks	69	-18	86
Pricing	96	+1	95
Context window size	86	-4	90
Recency	67	-33	100
Output Capacity	77	-13	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 MaxGrok 4.7

Qwen3 Max

67.4

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 Max

Alibaba

Best Value

Per request$0.002730

Daily$9.10

Monthly$273.00

Annual$3276.00

Grok 4.7

xAI

Per request$0.004000

Daily$13.33

Monthly$400.00

Annual$4800.00

Qwen3 Max saves you $127.00/month

That's $1524.00/year compared to Grok 4.7 at your current usage level of 100K calls/month.

32% cheaper

Choose Qwen3 Max for cost optimization

Qwen3 Max pricing:

Input:$0.78/M tokens

Output:$3.90/M tokens

Grok 4.7 pricing:

Input:$1.60/M tokens

Output:$4.80/M tokens

Qwen3 Max

Alibaba

Composite Score

Winner

Grok 4.7

xAI

Composite Score

Signal-by-Signal Comparison

Metric	Qwen3 Max	Grok 4.7	Winner
Overall Score	67	89	Grok 4.7
Rank	#182	#43	Grok 4.7
Quality Rank	#182	#43	Grok 4.7
Adoption Rank	#182	#43	Grok 4.7
Parameters	--	--	--
Context Window	262K	500K	Grok 4.7
Pricing	$0.78/$3.90/M	$1.60/$4.80/M	--
Signal Scores
Capabilities	50	100	Grok 4.7
Benchmarks	69	86	Grok 4.7
Pricing	96	95	Qwen3 Max
Context window size	86	90	Grok 4.7
Recency	67	100	Grok 4.7
Output Capacity	77	90	Grok 4.7

Benchmark Head-to-Head(11 benchmarks)

Qwen3 Max: 1Grok 4.7: 0

Qwen3 Max

Grok 4.7

Normalized 0-100%

MMLU

-91.5%

MMLU-Pro

85.7%83.5%

GPQA Diamond

-82%

MATH-500

-95%

HumanEval

-95.5%

SWE-bench Verified

-70%

AIME 2024

-88%

IFEval

-91%

BBH

-90%

Arena Elo

-1462

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 MaxCompetitive

Scores 67/100 (rank #182), placing it in the top 38% 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 21-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 Max when you need:

Budget-friendly applications with moderate quality requirements

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 MaxBest Value

Input cost$0.78/M tokens

Output cost$3.90/M tokens

Cost per quality point$0.069

Est. monthly (1M tokens/day)$70.20

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 Max offers 27% better value per quality point. At 1M tokens/day, you'd spend $70.20/month with Qwen3 Max vs $96.00/month with Grok 4.7 - a $25.80 monthly difference.

Latency & Speed

Qwen3 MaxFaster

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 Max

Customer support chatbot

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

Qwen3 Max

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 ($3.90/M) reduces costs when processing thousands of records daily

Qwen3 Max

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 Max with a significant 21.39999999999999-point lead. For most general use cases, Grok 4.7 is the stronger choice. However, Qwen3 Max may still excel in niche scenarios.

By Use Case

Best for Quality

Qwen3 Max

Marginally better benchmark scores; both are excellent

Best for Cost

Qwen3 Max

27% lower pricing; better value at scale

Best for Reliability

Qwen3 Max

Higher uptime and faster response speeds

Best for Prototyping

Qwen3 Max

Stronger community support and better developer experience

Best for Production

Qwen3 Max

Wider enterprise adoption and proven at scale

Qwen3 Max

by Alibaba

Choose for Quality - Marginally better benchmark scores; both are excellent
Choose for Cost - 27% 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