Model comparison
Grok-3 mini vs Qwen1.5-7B
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Grok-3 mini leads 78.7 to 54.4.
- Qwen1.5-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok-3 mini | Qwen1.5-7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.0 | 30.8 |
| Released | 2025-04-09 | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 40.4 (#126), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1380 | 1107 |
| Aider Polyglot | 49.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 42.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen1.5-7B leads
Grok-3 mini: 13.8 (#323), Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1374 | 1066 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 16.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.35 | — |
Math Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 40.3 (#78), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1386 | 1080 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 77.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 31.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 90.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 5.9% | — |
Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 46.3 (#75), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1395 | 1055 |
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 10.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 67.5% | — |
| MMLU | — | 62.6% |
Multilingual Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 48.3 (#141), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1352 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1387 | 1140 |
| LMArena Russian | 1352 | 1006 |
| LMArena French | 1357 | — |
| LMArena German | 1350 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1336 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1379 | — |
Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 78.7 (#8), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1356 | 1058 |
| IFEval | 95.1% | — |
Long Context Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#142), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1372 | 1090 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |
Writing & Preference Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 52.7 (#163), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1370 | 1084 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1342 | 1035 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | 1061 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.5% | — |
| WildBench | 65.1% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-3 mini better than Qwen1.5-7B?
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok-3 mini or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?
Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Qwen1.5-7B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.