Grok 4.6 (Medium) vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Grok 4.6 (Medium) vs Qwen3.6 Plus. 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 (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
42.80
Total cost
$1557
AlibabaQwen3.6 PlusNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
27.00
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 (Medium)Qwen3.6 PlusDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)42.827.0−36.9% Qwen3.6 Plus is 36.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,557.04Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)33.09s111.45s+236.8% Qwen3.6 Plus is 236.8% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $6.00$0.50 / $3.00
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Video
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