Grok 4.6 (Low) vs Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.6 (Low) by SpaceXAI or Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Grok 4.6 (Low)
Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh) vs Grok 4.6 (Low): 4.0% less intelligence, 117.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 359.3% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Grok 4.6 (Low) | Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 35.1 | 33.7 | −4.0% Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh) is 4.0% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $613.92 | $1,336.09 | +117.6% Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh) is 2.2× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 13.22s | 60.72s | +359.3% Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh) is 359.3% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.50 / $3.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Grok 4.6 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- Qwen3.8 27B (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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