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Qwen 3.5 397B A17B vs Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent

Pricing per million tokens, context window, capabilities — pulled from each provider's public docs. All 2 are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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Qwen 3.5 397B A17B
alibaba/qwen3.5-397b-a17b
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309
Provider
Alibaba
xAI
Family
Qwen
Grok 4
Modality
text
text
Context window
262,144 tok
2,000,000 tok
Max output
4,096 tok
4,096 tok
Released
2026-05-22
2026-05-22
License
Open-weight
Proprietary
Input price
$0.600 /1M
$2.00 /1M
Output price
$3.60 /1M
$6.00 /1M
Tools
yes
Streaming
yes
yes
Vision
JSON mode
yes
Reasoning
yes
Prompt caching
Batch API
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Qwen 3.5 397B A17B
alibaba/qwen3.5-397b-a17b
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Alibaba's Qwen 3.5 is a 397B-parameter mixture-of-experts model with 17B active parameters, offering strong reasoning capabilities with efficient inference.

Strengths
  • MoE efficiency: 17B active of 397B
  • Strong reasoning at low cost
  • 262k context
Use cases
Production chatMulti-lingualCost-sensitive reasoning
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309
Full spec →

xAI's Grok 4.20 multi-agent model with a 2M-token context window. Multiple agents collaborate in parallel to perform deep research tasks, with function calling, structured outputs, and reasoning capabilities.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Use cases
ChatbotsContent generationAgentic workflows

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SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, all 2, one line different.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Qwen 3.5 397B A17B
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="alibaba/qwen3.5-397b-a17b",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="xai/grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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