High-volume, cost-sensitive work
Either one
Both cost $3.00 per million tokens on a typical mix of three input tokens for every output token.
Choose Grok 4.7 for images as input and the latest release. Choose Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B for reused prompts and documents (RAG, agents) and very long inputs.
Each answer below comes straight from the published prices, specifications and independent benchmark results.
Either one
Both cost $3.00 per million tokens on a typical mix of three input tokens for every output token.
Choose Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B charges $0.25 per million cached input tokens, against $0.50 for Grok 4.7.
Choose Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B reads up to 1.05M tokens per request, against 500k for Grok 4.7.
Choose Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7 accepts images as input; Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B does not.
Choose Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7 is the newer release (September 2026, against Aug 12, 2026 for Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B).
| Volume | Grok 4.7 | Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prototype: 1M input, 250K output tokens | $3.50 | $3.50 | = |
| Production: 20M input, 5M output tokens | $70.00 | $70.00 | = |
| Scale: 500M input, 100M output tokens | $1,600 | $1,600 | = |
Standard rates, without caching or batch discounts. Volumes are per month.
| Grok 4.7 | Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) |
| Category | Language models | Language models |
| Status | Generally available | Generally available |
| Headline price | $3.00 / 1M tokens | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
| Input | $2.00 / 1M tokens | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output | $6.00 / 1M tokens | $6.00 / 1M tokens |
| Cached input | $0.50 / 1M tokens | $0.25 / 1M tokens |
| Context window | 500k | 1.05M |
| Max output | No data | 909k |
| Released | September 2026 | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | May 2026 | No data |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Capabilities | Vision, Reasoning, Tool calling, Structured output, Prompt caching, Batch API | Reasoning, Tool calling, Structured output, Prompt caching |
| API model id | grok-4.7 | qwen3.8-2.4t-a95b |
Leader in bold.
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | 46.4 | No data |
| SciCode | 57.4% | No data |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 43.1% | No data |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 76.7% | No data |
Independent evaluations by Artificial Analysis, run the same way for every model, at the reasoning setting shown. Percentages unless marked as an index.
Choose Grok 4.7 for images as input and the latest release. Choose Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B for reused prompts and documents (RAG, agents) and very long inputs.
Both cost the same at the headline price ($3.00 / 1M tokens).
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B reads more per request: 1.05M tokens against 500k.
Grok 4.7 is made by xAI and Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B by Alibaba Cloud (Qwen). Both cost the same at the headline price ($3.00 / 1M tokens). Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B reads more per request: 1.05M tokens against 500k. Grok 4.7 is the newer model (September 2026, against Aug 12, 2026). Only Grok 4.7 offers vision, batch api.
At 20 million input and 5 million output tokens a month, Grok 4.7 costs $70.00 and Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B costs $70.00, at standard rates.
Grok 4.7 was released on September 2026 and Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B on Aug 12, 2026.