Grok 4.7 (High) vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.7 (High) by SpaceXAI or Qwen3.8 Max (0902) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Grok 4.7 (High)
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) vs Grok 4.7 (High): 1.9% less intelligence, 27.2% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 106.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Grok 4.7 (High) | Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 46.3 | 45.4 | −1.9% Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is 1.9% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $3,880.88 | $4,934.79 | +27.2% Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is 27.2% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 30.44s | 62.92s | +106.7% Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is 106.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $2.00 / $6.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Grok 4.7 (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.
- Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
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