Model Comparison 2026

Grok 4.20 vs Qwen3.7 Max

Grok 4.20
xAI · Frontier · Proprietary
$1.63/1M · 2M ctx
Qwen3.7 Max
Alibaba (Qwen) · Frontier · Proprietary
$2.00/1M · 1M ctx

Community Vote

Pick a winner in each dimension — change your vote anytime.

Output Quality
Correctness and depth of what it produces
Agentic Ability
Tool calls, instruction-following, and multi-step tasks
Speed
Tokens per second and time-to-first-token
Value for $
How much capability you get per dollar
Reliability
Consistent results — fewer refusals, loops, and format breaks

Specs & Pricing, Side by Side

Spec
Grok 4.20
Qwen3.7 Max
Maker
xAI
Alibaba (Qwen)
Blended price / 1M
$1.63
$2.00
Input / output
$1.25 in · $2.50 out / 1M tokens
$1.25 in · $3.75 out / 1M tokens
Context window
2M
1M
Open weights
No
No
Tool use
Yes
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Yes
Output Quality
8.6
9.0
Agentic Ability
8.0
9.2
Speed
7.6
7.6
Value for $
8.5
8.8
Reliability
8.5
8.6

Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).

Verdict: Grok 4.20 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Updated 2026-06-22

Choose Grok 4.20 if you want agents that genuinely need 2M tokens of context. Choose Qwen3.7 Max if you want capable frontier-class output at a friendlier price.

In our editorial scoring, Qwen3.7 Max leads in 4 of five dimensions (output quality, agentic ability, value for $ and reliability), while Grok 4.20 leads in 0. On price, Grok 4.20 runs about $1.63 per 1M tokens (blended) and is proprietary; Qwen3.7 Max is about $2.00 and proprietary.

Where Grok 4.20 falls short
  • Big context costs add up fast
  • Smaller ecosystem than GPT/Claude
Full Grok 4.20 breakdown →
Where Qwen3.7 Max falls short
  • Max tier is hosted, not open weights
  • Ecosystem smaller in the West
Full Qwen3.7 Max breakdown →

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