Noometry

Model comparison

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 51.8 to 20.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 93.3% for Qwen3.6 Plus.

Side by side

Grok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 Plus
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.747.5
Released2024-08-132026-03-31
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$3
Results tracked3437

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Coding12871467
SWE-bench Verified—57.9%
LMArena WebDev—1461
SciCode—40.7%
WeirdML22.2%—
LiveBench Coding46.4%—
ALE-Bench—670.15

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 Plus
Vending-Bench 2—5,115

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts12721449
DTBench65.2%81.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index130.48147.65
SimpleBench22.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)—60.3%
CritPt—2.9%
Chess Puzzles—17%
Thematic Generalization—59.5%
LiveBench Reasoning54.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—12%
LiveBench Data Analysis54.5%—
LMCA—33.1%
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202511.5%93.3%
LMArena Math12831450
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%26.2%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—38.2%
LiveBench Math54.9%—
MATH Level 563.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—8.3%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond53.8%88.4%
LMArena Expert12541454
SimpleQA Verified—44.1%
Confabulations20.1%—

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English12821424
LMArena Chinese12891477
LMArena French13181455
LMArena German12871452
LMArena Japanese12441389
LMArena Korean12371379
LMArena Russian12861434
LMArena Spanish12811432

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following12701425
LiveBench Instruction Following69.6%—

Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Longer Query12761439
CL-bench—20.3%

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text13051437
LMArena Creative Writing12841404
LMArena Multi-Turn12901438
Short-Story Creative Writing63.6%—
LiveBench Language45.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.

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