Grok 4.6 (Low) vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

Grok 4.6 (Low) vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

SpaceXAIGrok 4.6 (Low)Off the frontier
Intelligence
35.10
Total cost
$614
AlibabaQwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
9.60
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGrok 4.6 (Low)Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)35.19.6−72.6% Qwen3 Next 80B A3B In… is 72.6% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$613.92Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)13.22s4.46s−66.3% Qwen3 Next 80B A3B In… is 66.3% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $6.00$0.10 / $1.10
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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