Model comparison
Grok 3 vs Qwen Plus
Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 3 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen Plus in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 3 leads 46.2 to 27.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 55.6% for Grok 3 and 17.8% for Qwen Plus.
Side by side
| Grok 3 | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.9 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2025-04-09 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 40 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 3 leads
Grok 3: 41.9 (#115), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1432 | 1328 |
| Aider Polyglot | 53.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 37.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 3: 30.5 (#76), Qwen Plus: —
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Grok 3: 13.7 (#333), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | 63.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1434 | 1317 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| SimpleBench | 36.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5.5% | — |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 138.33 | — |
Math Grok 3 leads
Grok 3: 38.0 (#145), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 55.6% | 17.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1391 | 1326 |
| MATH Level 5 | 88.7% | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Omni-MATH | 46.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 0% | — |
Knowledge Grok 3 leads
Grok 3: 46.2 (#82), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 75.8% | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1328 |
| MMLU-Pro | 78.8% | — |
| Confabulations | 14.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 65% | — |
Multilingual Grok 3 leads
Grok 3: 52.3 (#87), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1410 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1448 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1387 | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | 1416 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1460 | — |
| LMArena German | 1431 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1373 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | — |
Instruction Following Grok 3 leads
Grok 3: 75.0 (#73), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1409 | 1303 |
| IFEval | 88.4% | — |
Long Context Qwen Plus leads
Grok 3: 38.7 (#192), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1439 | 1324 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 58.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Grok 3 leads
Grok 3: 55.8 (#141), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Grok 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1426 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1414 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1425 | 1336 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 76.4% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1186 | — |
| WildBench | 84.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 3 better than Qwen Plus?
Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 3 or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Grok 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 3 and Qwen Plus share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.