Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning vs Claude Haiku 4.5 vs Qwen3 Max
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning comes out ahead, 72 to 47 and 30 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
- Our pick
xAIGrok 4 Fast Non Reasoning
72/100- ECI—
- Price$0.20 / $0.50
- Context2M
AnthropicClaude Haiku 4.5
47/100- ECI142.2
- Price$1.00 / $5.00
- Context200K
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3 Max
30/100- ECI142.4
- Price$1.20 / $6.00
- Context262K
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning is our pick
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Claude Haiku 4.5 (47) and Qwen3 Max (30). It leads on price and context window. Claude Haiku 4.5 wins on inputs & features. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceGrok 4 Fast Non ReasoningGrok 4 Fast Non Reasoning $0.275 · Claude Haiku 4.5 $2.00 · Qwen3 Max $2.40 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGrok 4 Fast Non ReasoningGrok 4 Fast Non Reasoning 2,000,000 · Qwen3 Max 262,144 · Claude Haiku 4.5 200,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGrok 4 Fast Non ReasoningGrok 4 Fast Non Reasoning: Text, Images, Audio, Video · Claude Haiku 4.5: Text, Images, PDFs · Qwen3 Max: Text
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning | Claude Haiku 4.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 73 | 34 | 30 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 70 | 80 | 25 |
| Context window | 20% | 72 | 32 | 37 |
| Overall | 100% | 72/100 | 47/100 | 30/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Grok 4 Fast Non ReasoningxAI | Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | Qwen3 MaxAlibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | 142.2 | 142.4 (best) |
| ECI rank | — | #102 of 165 | #101 of 165 (best) |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | — | 71.2% | 72.6% (best) |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | — | — | 19.0% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | — | 66.7% | 73.3% (best) |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | — | 13.2% | 48.8% (best) |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.20 (best) | $1.00 | $1.20 |
| Output | $0.50 (best) | $5.00 | $6.00 |
| Cached input | — | $0.10 | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.275 (best) | $2.00 | $2.40 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 7 providers | Official Anthropic API | Official Alibaba API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 2,000,000 tokens (best) | 200,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Max output | 2,000,000 tokens (best) | 64,000 tokens | 65,536 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | Yes | No |
| Audio | Yes | No | No |
| Video | Yes | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yes | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | Yes | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | — | claude-haiku-4-5 | qwen3-max |
| API providers | 8 | 48 (best) | 13 |
| Released | Dec 18, 2025 | Oct 15, 2025 | Sep 23, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | Feb 28, 2025 | Apr 2025 |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning$3.00
- Claude Haiku 4.5$20.00
- Qwen3 Max$24.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Qwen3 Max?
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Claude Haiku 4.5 (47) and Qwen3 Max (30). It leads on price and context window. Claude Haiku 4.5 wins on inputs & features. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning, Claude Haiku 4.5 or Qwen3 Max?
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning is cheaper at $0.20 input / $0.50 output per million tokens (median across 7 API providers). Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price); Qwen3 Max costs $1.20 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.275 per million tokens for Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning versus $2.00 for Claude Haiku 4.5 (7.3× as much) and $2.40 for Qwen3 Max (8.7× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning has not been scored yet, Claude Haiku 4.5 has an ECI of 142.2 and Qwen3 Max has an ECI of 142.4.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning, Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3 Max yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning has the largest context window at 2,000,000 tokens, against 262,144 for Qwen3 Max and 200,000 for Claude Haiku 4.5. Maximum output per response: Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning up to 2,000,000, Claude Haiku 4.5 up to 64,000, Qwen3 Max up to 65,536 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning accepts text, images, audio and video; Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts text, images and PDFs; Qwen3 Max accepts text. Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning, Claude Haiku 4.5 and Qwen3 Max are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning is the newest, released Dec 18, 2025. Claude Haiku 4.5 came out Oct 15, 2025; Qwen3 Max came out Sep 23, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 4.5 Feb 28, 2025, Qwen3 Max Apr 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
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