Model comparison
Grok-3 mini vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 30.8 to 13.6.
Side by side
| Grok-3 mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.2 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2025-04-09 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1379 | 1487 |
| Aider Polyglot | 49.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 42.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1375 | 1483 |
| 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: 42.1 (#85), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1386 | 1474 |
| 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: 46.4 (#81), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1395 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 10.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 67.5% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1352 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1387 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1357 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1349 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1342 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1335 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1353 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1381 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1357 | 1467 |
| IFEval | 95.1% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1372 | 1476 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1370 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1342 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | 1478 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.5% | — |
| WildBench | 65.1% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-3 mini better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok-3 mini or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.