Noometry

Model comparison

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)

37.6

Rank #201 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 51.3 to 29.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 86.7% for Qwen3.6 35B-A3B.
  • Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.737.6
Released2024-08-132026-04-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.25
Output $ / M tokens—$1.49
Results tracked3414

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
WeirdML22.2%34.5%
SciCode—35.8%
LiveBench Coding46.4%—
LMArena Coding1287—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Terminal-Bench—23%

Reasoning Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
DTBench65.2%73.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index130.48143.93
SimpleBench22.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)—41.6%
CritPt—0.3%
Chess Puzzles—26%
LiveBench Reasoning54.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1272—
Mystery Game Puzzles—22%
LiveBench Data Analysis54.5%—
LMCA—29.7%
Surface Evolver Bench—44.4%
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202511.5%86.7%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—20.4%
LiveBench Math54.9%—
LMArena Math1283—
MATH Level 563.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
GPQA Diamond53.8%84.8%
Confabulations20.1%—
LMArena Expert1254—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Non-English1282—
LMArena Chinese1289—
LMArena French1318—
LMArena German1287—
LMArena Japanese1244—
LMArena Korean1237—
LMArena Russian1286—
LMArena Spanish1281—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
LiveBench Instruction Following69.6%—
LMArena Instruction Following1270—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Longer Query1276—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
LMArena Text1305—
LMArena Creative Writing1284—
Short-Story Creative Writing63.6%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1290—
LiveBench Language45.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.2 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.

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