qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking vs grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoning
Lower price
grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoning
Faster
grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoning
Higher efficiency
qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking
Input price
$0.26
$0.20
Output price
$0.78
$0.50
Context window
1000K
2000K
Throughput
145 tok/s
153 tok/s
Availability
98.9%
99.3%
Cost / task
$0.001
$0.001
Efficiency score
96
96
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
QWEN-PLUS-2025
GROK-4-1-FAST-
Chat assistant
$171.60
$120.00
RAG / long context
$382.20
$285.00
Agent / tool use
$468.00
$324.00
Efficiency score: qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking
Across price, speed and reliability, qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
Frequently asked questions
Is qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking or grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoning cheaper?+
grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoning has the lower input price — $0.20 vs $0.26 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Which should I choose, qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking or grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoning?+
Across price, speed and reliability, qwen-plus-2025-07-28:thinking offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.