Model comparison

Grok-3 mini vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 39.3 to 13.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 77.8% for Grok-3 mini and 93.3% for Qwen3.7 Plus.

Side by side

Grok-3 mini and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
Grok-3 miniQwen3.7 Plus
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.245.3
Released2025-04-092026-06-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$1.60
Results tracked3532

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Category by category

Coding Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Coding13791473
FrontierCode—10.2%
Aider Polyglot49.3%—
SciCode—45.5%
WeirdML42.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts13751460
Epoch Capabilities Index140.35147.37
ARC-AGI-20.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
ARC-AGI-116.5%—
CritPt—9.1%
Chess Puzzles—24%
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
DTBench—84%
LMCA—37.6%

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202577.8%93.3%
LMArena Math13861466
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—34.4%
Omni-MATH31.8%—
MATH Level 590.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.9%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond76.3%87.9%
LMArena Expert13951467
MMLU-Pro79.9%—
Confabulations10.8%—
GPQA (HELM)67.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision—1279
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English13521445
LMArena Chinese13871510
LMArena French13571473
LMArena German13491471
LMArena Japanese13421413
LMArena Korean13351415
LMArena Russian13531457
LMArena Spanish13811457

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following13571440
IFEval95.1%—

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query13721455
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text13701455
LMArena Creative Writing13421439
LMArena Multi-Turn13551460
Short-Story Creative Writing73.5%—
WildBench65.1%—

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

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

Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

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

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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