# Qwen3.6 Plus vs Grok 4.3

On provider list prices, Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.50 per million input tokens against $1.25 for Grok 4.3: 2.5x apart. Output is $3 against $2.50.

## Specifications

| | Qwen3.6 Plus | Grok 4.3 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lab | Qwen | SpaceXAI |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens |
| List price, input | $0.50 / M tokens | $1.25 / M tokens |
| List price, output | $3 / M tokens | $2.50 / M tokens |
| Cached input | n/a | $0.20 / M tokens |
| License | Proprietary API | Proprietary API |
| Fine-tunable | No | No |

Specifications and provider list prices from the Allocate catalog, checked 2026-07-21.

## What the numbers say

Take 1,000,000 requests a month at 1,200 input and 350 output tokens each. That workload costs $1,650 a month on Qwen3.6 Plus and $2,375 on Grok 4.3 at list: a gap of $725, or 1.4x.

## Choose Qwen3.6 Plus for

- The lower list price ($0.50 in / $3 out per M tokens)

## Choose Grok 4.3 for

- Published cached-input pricing ($0.20 per M tokens)

## Common questions

### Which is cheaper, Qwen3.6 Plus or Grok 4.3?

Qwen3.6 Plus, on this workload shape. At list prices it is $0.50/$3 per million tokens in and out against $1.25/$2.50 for Grok 4.3. Billed on Allocate: $0.54/$3.21 against $1.34/$2.67.

### Which has the bigger context window?

They match: both read 1,000,000 tokens (1M) per request.

### Can I fine-tune Qwen3.6 Plus or Grok 4.3?

No. Both are closed models served over API. If you want a model you can train and own, start from an open-weights base in the catalog.

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