Which is cheaper, Qwen 3 Coder or Grok 3?

Qwen 3 Coder is cheaper at the input + output rate combined: $2.00 versus $14.50 per million tokens.

Which has higher quality, Qwen 3 Coder or Grok 3?

Grok 3 has the higher AA Intelligence Index score: 85 versus 82.

Can I switch between Qwen 3 Coder and Grok 3 via one API?

Both Qwen 3 Coder and Grok 3 are accessible through OpenRouter's unified gateway, which lets you switch models with one API key. Phase 2 of AIpricly will add scenario-routed automatic primary + fallback chains.

Qwen 3 Coder vs Grok 3

Side-by-side pricing, capabilities, real-world cost across common scenarios, and our editorial pick.

添加模型最多可对比 4 个模型

全部价格按美元 / 百万 token 计

OVERALL WINNER

Qwen 3 Coder

Alibaba · released 2026-03-01

Quality (AA Index)82

Input price$0.40

Output price$1.60

Context256K

Throughput180 tok/s

P50 latency0.6s

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Grok 3

xAI · released 2026-02-20

Quality (AA Index)85

Input price$2.50

Output price$12.00

Context128K

Throughput95 tok/s

P50 latency1.4s

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规格对比

绿色列 = 该指标获胜方

Metric	Qwen 3 Coder	Grok 3	Verdict
Input price /百万 tokens	$0.40	$2.50	Qwen 3 Coder −84%
Output price /百万 tokens	$1.60	$12.00	Qwen 3 Coder −87%
Context window max input length	256K	128K	Qwen 3 Coder +2.0×
AA Quality AA Intelligence Index (0–100)	82	85	Grok 3 +3pt
Arena Elo LMArena human-pref Elo (800–2000)	—	—	Tied
Throughput tokens per second	180	95	Qwen 3 Coder +89%
P50 latency first token	0.6s	1.4s	Qwen 3 Coder −57%
Vision multimodal	—
Function calling tool use			Tied
Reasoning mode chain-of-thought	—

常见场景月度费用

默认用量假设

Scenario	Qwen 3 Coder	Grok 3
customer support 1000K req · 600/180 tok	$528	$3.7K
chat with docs 300K req · 4000/300 tok	$624	$4.1K
code generation 500K req · 2000/500 tok	$800	$5.5K
voice assistant 600K req · 800/200 tok	$384	$2.6K

Our pick

For most workloads, choose Qwen 3 Coder.

84% cheaper input price, which compounds at scale
2.0× the context window — better for long documents and agents
89% faster throughput — matters for streaming UX and voice agents

Choose Grok 3 instead if: 尚未记录这对模型的具体取舍。两者质量差距可能很小，最终决定因素更多是工作负载契合度、集成成本与团队熟悉度。

为何选择？通过智能路由同时使用两者

第二阶段 · 带故障转移链的网关

Set Qwen 3 Coder as primary, Grok 3 as fallback. One key, one bill, automatic failover when Qwen 3 Coder errors.

第二阶段预览 · 网关尚未上线该接口目前不存在。网关计划在第二阶段上线——下面只是规划中的接口形态预览，不是可用的 API。上线时会通过 newsletter 通知订阅者。

查看计划中的 API 调用形态

$ curl https://api.aipricly.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIPC_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "routing": {
      "primary": "alibaba/qwen-3-coder",
      "fallback": ["xai/grok-3"]
    },
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "..."}]
  }'