Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Qwen3 32B
Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 32B in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 32B leads 40.0 to 33.9.
- Qwen3 32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 39.2 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), Qwen3 32B: 37.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | 1358 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 40% |
| SciCode | — | 35.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Qwen3 32B: 32.6 (#62)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 48.7% |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Qwen3 32B: 20.2 (#241)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | 1334 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 54.9% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 67.5% |
| LMCA | — | 17.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 138.51 |
Math Qwen3 32B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Qwen3 32B: 39.7 (#99)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1265 | 1399 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 66.9% |
Knowledge Qwen3 32B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#125)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | 1362 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.9% |
Multilingual Qwen3 32B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Qwen3 32B: 45.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | 1317 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | 1357 |
| LMArena German | 1273 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | 1311 |
| LMArena French | 1286 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1279 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen3 32B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), Qwen3 32B: 68.9 (#179)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | 1305 |
Long Context Qwen3 32B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Qwen3 32B: 43.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1327 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 74.2% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3 32B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Qwen3 32B: 52.9 (#163)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | 1297 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | 1331 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Qwen3 32B?
Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Qwen3 32B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (37.0 vs 37.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Qwen3 32B share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.