Noometry

Model comparison

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 29.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 73.3% for Qwen3 Max.

Side by side

Grok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3 Max
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.743.7
Released2024-08-132025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.20
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked3433

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding12871456
WeirdML22.2%—
LiveBench Coding46.4%—
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —, Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts12721448
DTBench65.2%82.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index130.48142.38
SimpleBench22.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
Chess Puzzles—4%
LiveBench Reasoning54.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Data Analysis54.5%—
LMCA—28.3%
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202511.5%73.3%
LMArena Math12831446
MATH Level 563.5%97.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
LiveBench Math54.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%—

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond53.8%72.6%
LMArena Expert12541455
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%
Confabulations20.1%—

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English12821429
LMArena Chinese12891478
LMArena French13181449
LMArena German12871463
LMArena Japanese12441397
LMArena Korean12371399
LMArena Russian12861428
LMArena Spanish12811462

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following12701419
LiveBench Instruction Following69.6%—

Long Context Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query12761438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text13051439
LMArena Creative Writing12841402
LMArena Multi-Turn12901446
Short-Story Creative Writing63.6%—
LiveBench Language45.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Qwen3 Max share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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