Model comparison

Grok-3 mini vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.7 Max in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 49.2 to 13.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 77.8% for Grok-3 mini and 95.6% for Qwen3.7 Max.

Side by side

Grok-3 mini and Qwen3.7 Max specifications
Grok-3 miniQwen3.7 Max
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.251.5
Released2025-04-092026-05-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked3533

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Coding13791498
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
Aider Polyglot49.3%—
LMArena WebDev—1515
SciCode—48.8%
WeirdML42.6%—
ALE-Bench—1,189

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Max
GBAEval—0.4%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts13751483
Epoch Capabilities Index140.35153.68
ARC-AGI-20.4%—
SimpleBench—70.4%
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
ARC-AGI-116.5%—
CritPt—13.4%
Chess Puzzles—19%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—32%
DTBench—92.3%
LMCA—44%

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202577.8%95.6%
LMArena Math13861490
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4—34.1%
ProofBench—26%
Omni-MATH31.8%—
MATH Level 590.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.9%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond76.3%90.9%
LMArena Expert13951488
SimpleQA Verified—55.8%
MMLU-Pro79.9%—
Confabulations10.8%—
GPQA (HELM)67.5%—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English13521474
LMArena Chinese13871530
LMArena Russian13531484
LMArena French1357—
LMArena German1349—
LMArena Japanese1342—
LMArena Korean1335—
LMArena Spanish1381—

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following13571460
IFEval95.1%—

Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query13721482
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text13701476
LMArena Creative Writing13421449
LMArena Multi-Turn13551481
Short-Story Creative Writing73.5%—
WildBench65.1%—
EQ-Bench 4—1110

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-3 mini better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-3 mini or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Qwen3.7 Max share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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