Qwen3.6 Plus vs Grok 4.20: API price and specs

Qwen3.6 Plus is 72% cheaper than SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20 on input price.

Qwen3.6 Plus is 17% cheaper than SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20 on output price.

Qwen3.6 Plus is 57% cheaper than SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20 has a 100% larger context than Qwen3.6 Plus.

Field	Qwen3.6 Plus	SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.28	$1.00 +262.3%
Median input, per 1M	$0.50	$1.25 +150%
Lowest output, per 1M	$1.65	$2.00 +21.1%
Median output, per 1M	$3.00 +20%	$2.50
Lowest unit price	—	—
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.61	$1.40 +130.9%
Context	1M +50%	2M
Max output	66K +96.4%	1.8M
Providers	20	7 +65%
Regions	GLOBAL	US
Accepts	image, image/bmp, image/heic, image/jpeg, image/png, image/tiff, image/webp, pdf, text, video, video/mp4, video/quicktime, video/x-flv, video/x-matroska, video/x-ms-wmv, video/x-msvideo	file, image, pdf, text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	yes	no
Cheapest provider	empiriolabs	cometapi

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

aiml, cometapi, edenai, kilo, ofox, openrouter, trustedrouter

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6 Plus or SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20?

Qwen3.6 Plus is 72% cheaper than SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20 on input price. Qwen3.6 Plus is 17% cheaper than SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20 on output price. Qwen3.6 Plus is 57% cheaper than SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Qwen3.6 Plus or SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20?

Qwen3.6 Plus: 1M tokens; SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20: 2M tokens.

Where can I use both Qwen3.6 Plus and SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20?

aiml, cometapi, edenai, kilo, ofox, openrouter, trustedrouter