Noometry

Model comparison

Grok-3 mini vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3 Max in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 Max leads 62.4 to 52.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 61.3% for Grok-3 mini and 72.5% for Qwen3 Max.

Side by side

Grok-3 miniQwen3 Max
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.243.7
Released2025-04-092025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.20
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked3533

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding13791456
Aider Polyglot49.3%—
WeirdML42.6%—
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: —, Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%72.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts13751448
Epoch Capabilities Index140.35142.38
ARC-AGI-20.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
ARC-AGI-116.5%—
Chess Puzzles—4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
DTBench—82.1%
LMCA—28.3%

Math Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202577.8%73.3%
LMArena Math13861446
MATH Level 590.9%97.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
Omni-MATH31.8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.9%—

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond76.3%72.6%
LMArena Expert13951455
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%
MMLU-Pro79.9%—
Confabulations10.8%—
GPQA (HELM)67.5%—

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English13521429
LMArena Chinese13871478
LMArena French13571449
LMArena German13491463
LMArena Japanese13421397
LMArena Korean13351399
LMArena Russian13531428
LMArena Spanish13811462

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following13571419
IFEval95.1%—

Long Context Too close to call

Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%66.7%
LMArena Longer Query13721438
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Text13701439
LMArena Creative Writing13421402
LMArena Multi-Turn13551446
Short-Story Creative Writing73.5%—
WildBench65.1%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-3 mini better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

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

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

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