There is a very big difference. The Hexvoker is a wizard. Wizards aren't OTPs.
Here's a nice writeup, to save me time.
Incidentally (and to cover a couple things not in that post, since it's a bit old by now), that warlock level gets you better use of the Eldritch Adept feat (if you're that keen on getting Agonizing Blast, for example), while Metamagic Adept can get you a couple Subtle spells in case you're facing multiple counterspellers, or a couple Empowers if you want some extra bang, or maybe a Quicken. Telekinetic is also a possibility, if you wanna go for more hazard triggering shenanigans.
But the bottom line is, if you view the Hexvoker as a
magic missile bot that comes online at lv11, you're doing it wrong.