Qwen3.8 Max Prime vs SpaceXAI Grok 4.7
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Grok 4.7 is 2.0× cheaper at a typical mix of 3 input tokens per output token.
- Qwen3.8 Max Prime accepts longer prompts: 1M vs 500K tokens.
| Qwen3.8 Max Prime | Grok 4.7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Qwen | SpaceXAI |
| Released | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-21 |
| Input / 1M | $4.00 | $2.00 |
| Output / 1M | $12.00 | $6.00 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.50 | $0.50 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $6.00 | $3.00 |
| Context | 1M | 500K |
| Max output | 131K | 450K |
| Accepts | text, image, video | text, image, file |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 1 | 5 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $12.00 | $6.00 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | Operational |
Cost calculator
Qwen3.8 Max Prime
$420 per month$14.00 per day
Grok 4.7
$210 per month$7.00 per day
Grok 4.7 saves $210 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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