Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Max offers 131.1K more tokens in context window than Grok 2. Qwen3-Max is $10.00 cheaper per million tokens. Grok 2 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
xAI
Grok 2, released by xAI in August 2024, is a large language model with 131K token context window and native image understanding, developed with access to real-time information from the X platform. It features multimodal input capabilities and improved reasoning over its predecessor. Grok 2 targets conversational assistants, image analysis, and real-time information retrieval tasks via the xAI API.
Alibaba / Qwen
Qwen3-Max, released by Alibaba in September 2025 as an API preview, is a large language model exceeding one trillion parameters built for complex reasoning and long-context tasks. It features a 262K token context window, hybrid thinking modes that allow switching between direct generation and extended chain-of-thought, and is available as a proprietary cloud API via Alibaba Cloud and Qwen Chat. Qwen3-Max targets demanding reasoning, multilingual analysis, and applications requiring frontier-level performance from the Qwen3 generation.
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Grok 2
xAI
2024-08-14
Qwen3-Max
Alibaba / Qwen
2025-09-05
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Grok 2
Qwen3-Max
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
Grok 2
xAI
Qwen3-Max
Grok 2
Qwen3-Max
Grok 2
Qwen3-Max
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