Grok 4.3vs.Qwen 3.8 27B
Which one is better?
Qwen 3.8 27B is clearly ahead in the overall index and is cheaper too: Grok 4.3 costs 31.3 times as much for input and about the same for output per token.
3
Grok 4.3
Rank 56 to 68
11
Qwen 3.8 27B
Rank 44 to 57
92
Grok 4.3
fairly slow
40
Qwen 3.8 27B
slow
$1.56
Grok 4.3
fairly cheap
$0.66
Qwen 3.8 27B
fairly cheap
Grok 4.3
- Subscription
No xAI subscription includes this model. Through other providers from €6.83 a month (Poe Basic, with limited points). 5 plans in Germany.
- Via API
$1.25 input, $2.50 output per 1M tokens, unchanged since our price tracking began on Aug 14, 2026.
Qwen 3.8 27B
- Subscription
No Alibaba subscription includes this model. Through other providers from ≈ €1.06 a month (Command Code Go, with limited credits). 10 plans in Germany.
- Via API
$0.04 input, $2.50 output per 1M tokens according to the provider; the price index has listed it at $0.42 and $3 since Oct 27, 2026.
Overall index with data through Oct 29, 2026 · Prices from Oct 29, 2026 · Speed: measured by Artificial Analysis · Subscriptions as of Oct 24, 2026 · Subscription prices incl. VAT
Where is the difference?
Values from 0 to 100 per task area. We only name a winner when the gap is large enough and there are enough tests.
Grok 4.3 ahead: 0Qwen 3.8 27B ahead: 4level: 3too little data: 3of 10 areas
AreaGrok 4.3Qwen 3.8 27B0 to 100, higher is betterResult
Areas in the overall index
CodingQwen 3.8 27B aheadGrok 4.3: 1Qwen 3.8 27B: 13
ReasoninglevelGrok 4.3: 11Qwen 3.8 27B: 6
Mathematicsonly Qwen 3.8 27B has a scoreGrok 4.3: not enough dataQwen 3.8 27B: 8
Knowledgetoo little dataGrok 4.3: 4Qwen 3.8 27B: 5
AgentsQwen 3.8 27B aheadGrok 4.3: 3Qwen 3.8 27B: 21
Generalonly Grok 4.3 has a scoreGrok 4.3: 14Qwen 3.8 27B: not enough data
MultimodalQwen 3.8 27B aheadGrok 4.3: 8Qwen 3.8 27B: 13
Specialist fields
FinanceQwen 3.8 27B aheadGrok 4.3: below 1Qwen 3.8 27B: 34
LegallevelGrok 4.3: 5Qwen 3.8 27B: 23
HealthlevelGrok 4.3: 2Qwen 3.8 27B: 3
Show 3 more areas that do not count toward the overall index
AreaGrok 4.3Qwen 3.8 27B0 to 100, higher is betterResult
Cybersecurityonly Qwen 3.8 27B has a scoreGrok 4.3: not enough dataQwen 3.8 27B: 19
Searchonly Grok 4.3 has a scoreGrok 4.3: below 1Qwen 3.8 27B: not enough data
Productivityonly Grok 4.3 has a scoreGrok 4.3: below 1Qwen 3.8 27B: not enough data
See for yourself: same task, one attempt
SVG short test
One SVG task with the same fixed settings for every model, without hidden thinking.
Shared test round: 43b8c5c46830
Grok 4.3
Test details
API reports 0 reasoning tokensAPI model: x-ai/grok-4.3360 output tokensQwen 3.8 27B
Test details
API reports 0 reasoning tokensAPI model: qwen/qwen3.8-27b865 output tokensEarlier tests
Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.
Grok 4.3
Reasoning (requested): high
Current attempt
- Run date
- Sep 7, 2026
- API provider
- openrouter
- Requested API model
- x-ai/grok-4.3
- API model reported in response
- x-ai/grok-4.3
- Reasoning setting
- high
- Pinned endpoint
- xAI | x-ai/grok-4.3-20260430
- Temperature
- Provider default
- Token limit including reasoning
- 8,192 tokens
- Test protocol
- community-visual-tests-v1
- Technical checks
- Passed, not a quality rating
- Response time
- 149 s
Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.
Qwen 3.8 27B
Not tested yet
Prompt and test conditions
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle
Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens
Task origin (Simon Willison)All data side by side
The better value is bold. For the overall index only when the gap is clear.
| Metric | Grok 4.3 | Qwen 3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | ||
| Overall index0 to 100, higher is better | 3 | 11 |
| Rank | Rank 56 to 68 of 95 | Rank 44 to 57 of 95 |
| Price per 1M tokens | ||
| Inputwhat you send | $1.25above 200,000 tokens: $2.50 | $0.04 |
| Outputwhat the model writes | $2.50above 200,000 tokens: $5 | $2.50 |
| Speed | ||
| Tokens per second | 92 | 40 |
| Technical | ||
| Context windowhow much text the model reads at once | 1 M tokens≈ 1,500 A4 pages | 262,144 tokens≈ 390 A4 pages |
| Knowledge cutoff | n/a | n/a |
| Released | May 6, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Availability | Active | Active |
| Open weights | no | yes |
Prices without caching or batch discounts · Page count as a rule of thumb from Artificial Analysis
Shared benchmarks
Single results from the same benchmark version, task and metric. A value is bold only with the same test setup and a clear gap.
A: Grok 4.3B: Qwen 3.8 27B
Code MigrationOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 6.8%Qwen 3.8 27B: 14.2%Vals AIAs of 10/18/2026
CritPt v2Overall · higher is betterGrok 4.3: 4.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 0.0%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
EMBOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 18.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 59.7%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 37.7%Qwen 3.8 27B: 48.6%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
GDPval-AAOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.3: 949.3 eloQwen 3.8 27B: 1,082.47 eloArtificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
GPQA DiamondOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 91.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 88.9%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 15.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 36.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
LegalBenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 84.5%Qwen 3.8 27B: 82.4%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
LiveCodeBenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 84.5%Qwen 3.8 27B: 84%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MedCodeOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 38.1%Qwen 3.8 27B: 28.7%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
Show 54 more benchmarks
MedScribeOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 74.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 83.8%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
MMLU ProOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 85.8%Qwen 3.8 27B: 84.3%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MMMU ProOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 83.1%Qwen 3.8 27B: 83.9%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MMMU-ProOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.3: 75.8%Qwen 3.8 27B: 74.2%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
MortgageTaxOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 48.3%Qwen 3.8 27B: 64.9%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
ProgramBenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 0%Qwen 3.8 27B: 0%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
SkillsBenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 40.6%Qwen 3.8 27B: 38.1%Vals AIAs of 09/27/2026
SWE-bench VerifiedOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 71.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 86%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Tax Agent BenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 6.2%Qwen 3.8 27B: 30.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
TaxEval v2Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 70.8%Qwen 3.8 27B: 70.9%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 41.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 58.4%Vals AIAs of 10/01/2026
Vibe Code Bench v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 19.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 64.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Code MigrationCLI · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 9.1%Qwen 3.8 27B: 2.2%Vals AIAs of 10/18/2026
CritPt v2Overall · higher is betterGrok 4.3: 0.0%Qwen 3.8 27B: 0.3%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
EMBComps · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 16.6%Qwen 3.8 27B: 53.3%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Adjustments · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 31.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 47.3%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
GPQA DiamondFew-Shot CoT · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 92.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 88.9%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 25.8%Qwen 3.8 27B: 45.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
LegalBenchConclusion Tasks · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 89.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 88.4%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
LiveCodeBenchEasy · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 98.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 99.1%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MMLU ProBiology · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 93.3%Qwen 3.8 27B: 91.5%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MMMU-ProOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.3: 64.8%Qwen 3.8 27B: 69.9%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
MortgageTaxNumerical Extraction · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 37.5%Qwen 3.8 27B: 69.4%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
ProgramBenchAlmost Resolved · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 0%Qwen 3.8 27B: 1%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
SkillsBenchNo Skills · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 19.3%Qwen 3.8 27B: 19.1%Vals AIAs of 09/27/2026
SWE-bench Verified<15 min fix · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 83.5%Qwen 3.8 27B: 90.2%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 0%Qwen 3.8 27B: 6.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
TaxEval v2Correctness · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 60.6%Qwen 3.8 27B: 60.1%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Easy · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 75%Qwen 3.8 27B: 50%Vals AIAs of 10/01/2026
Code MigrationCOBOL · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 0%Qwen 3.8 27B: 50%Vals AIAs of 10/18/2026
CritPt v2Overall · higher is betterGrok 4.3: 0.6%Qwen 3.8 27B: 0.0%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
EMBDataroom · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 29.2%Qwen 3.8 27B: 79.7%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)All-Pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 26.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 36.8%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
GPQA DiamondZero-Shot CoT · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 89.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 88.9%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 73.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 88.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
LegalBenchInterpretation Tasks · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 81.8%Qwen 3.8 27B: 82%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
LiveCodeBenchHard · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 66%Qwen 3.8 27B: 65.7%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MMLU ProBusiness · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 92.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 90.2%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MMMU-ProOverall · higher is betterGrok 4.3: 72.8%Qwen 3.8 27B: 73.8%Artificial AnalysisAs of 10/29/2026
MortgageTaxSemantic Extraction · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 59%Qwen 3.8 27B: 60.5%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
ProgramBenchFully Resolved · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 0%Qwen 3.8 27B: 0%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
SkillsBenchWith Skills · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 40.6%Qwen 3.8 27B: 38.1%Vals AIAs of 09/27/2026
SWE-bench Verified>4 hours · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 33.3%Qwen 3.8 27B: 66.7%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 22.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 48.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
TaxEval v2Stepwise Reasoning · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 81%Qwen 3.8 27B: 81.6%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
Terminal-Bench 2.1Hard · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 14.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 43.3%Vals AIAs of 10/01/2026
Code MigrationCode Quality · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 3.098 / 5Qwen 3.8 27B: 4.197 / 5Vals AIAs of 10/18/2026
EMBDCF · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 11.4%Qwen 3.8 27B: 50%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Comparables · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 35.9%Qwen 3.8 27B: 38.9%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Legal Research BenchBusiness & Commercial · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 14%Qwen 3.8 27B: 41.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
LegalBenchIssue Tasks · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 89.2%Qwen 3.8 27B: 90.2%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
LiveCodeBenchMedium · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 89%Qwen 3.8 27B: 87.2%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
MMLU ProChemistry · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 91.6%Qwen 3.8 27B: 91.8%Vals AIAs of 09/01/2026
ProgramBenchRaw Pass Rate · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.3: 22.1%Qwen 3.8 27B: 11.2%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026