Noometry

Model comparison

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.4

Rank #233 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)

41.7

Rank #118 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads 38.4 to 19.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 70% for Qwen3.5 35B-A3B.
  • Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.441.7
Released2024-08-132026-02-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.25
Output $ / M tokens—$2
Results tracked3428

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.5 (#244)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Coding12881410
LMArena WebDev—1254
SciCode—29.3%
WeirdML22.2%—
LiveBench Coding46.4%—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 23.9 (#158)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Hard Prompts12721400
DTBench65.2%80%
Epoch Capabilities Index130.48142.52
SimpleBench22.7%—
CritPt—0.6%
Chess Puzzles—10%
LiveBench Reasoning54.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis54.5%—
LMCA—29.5%
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 38.4 (#86)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202511.5%70%
LMArena Math12831404
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—56%
LiveBench Math54.9%—
MATH Level 563.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%—

Knowledge Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.7 (#73)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
GPQA Diamond53.8%83.5%
LMArena Expert12541408
Confabulations20.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.5%

Multilingual Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.2 (#122)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Non-English12821379
LMArena Chinese12891458
LMArena French13171412
LMArena German12871367
LMArena Japanese12441326
LMArena Korean12371354
LMArena Russian12861377
LMArena Spanish12811390

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 73.0 (#123)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Instruction Following12701379
LiveBench Instruction Following69.6%—

Long Context Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#122)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Longer Query12761390

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 58.1 (#118)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Text13051395
LMArena Creative Writing12841347
LMArena Multi-Turn12901391
Short-Story Creative Writing63.6%—
LiveBench Language45.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.9 vs 33.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28.

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