Model Comparison

Grok-1.5 vs Qwen3 235B A22B

Qwen3 235B A22B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Grok-1.5 outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3 235B A22B is better at 5 benchmarks (GPQA, GSM8k, MATH, MMLU, MMLU-Pro).

Qwen3 235B A22B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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xAI
Grok-1.5
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 235B A22B
Input tokens$0.10
Output tokens$0.10
Best providerFireworks
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3 235B A22B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Qwen3 235B A22B specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

xAI
Grok-1.5
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 235B A22B
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

Grok-1.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3 235B A22B uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Grok-1.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3 235B A22B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Grok-1.5 was released on 2024-03-28, while Qwen3 235B A22B was released on 2025-04-29.

Qwen3 235B A22B is 13 months newer than Grok-1.5.

Grok-1.5

Mar 28, 2024

2.1 years ago

Qwen3 235B A22B

Apr 29, 2025

11 months ago

1.1yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3 235B A22B

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Has open weights
Higher GPQA score (47.5% vs 35.9%)
Higher GSM8k score (94.4% vs 90.0%)
Higher MATH score (71.8% vs 50.6%)
Higher MMLU score (87.8% vs 81.3%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (68.2% vs 51.0%)

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
xAI
Grok-1.5
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 235B A22B

FAQ

Common questions about Grok-1.5 vs Qwen3 235B A22B

Qwen3 235B A22B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Grok-1.5 is made by xAI and Qwen3 235B A22B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Grok-1.5 scores GSM8k: 90.0%, DocVQA: 85.6%, MMLU: 81.3%, HumanEval: 74.1%, MMMU: 53.6%. Qwen3 235B A22B scores Arena Hard: 95.6%, GSM8k: 94.4%, BBH: 88.9%, MMLU: 87.8%, MMLU-Redux: 87.4%.
Grok-1.5 supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3 235B A22B supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Grok-1.5 is developed by xAI and Qwen3 235B A22B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.