Model comparison

Grok 3 vs Qwen Turbo

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Grok 3 xAI

39.9

Rank #157 Confirmed

Qwen Turbo Alibaba (Qwen)

27.1

Rank #335 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 3 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Turbo in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 3 leads 46.2 to 22.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 55.6% for Grok 3 and 6.1% for Qwen Turbo.

Side by side

Grok 3 and Qwen Turbo specifications
Grok 3Qwen Turbo
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index39.927.1
Released2025-04-092024-11-01
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.05
Output $ / M tokens—$0.20
Results tracked403

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Grok 3: 41.9 (#115), Qwen Turbo: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen Turbo
Aider Polyglot53.3%—
WeirdML37.2%—
LMArena Coding1432—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 3: 30.5 (#76), Qwen Turbo: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen Turbo
BALROG29.5%—

Reasoning Not comparable

Grok 3: 13.7 (#333), Qwen Turbo: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen Turbo
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench36.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
ARC-AGI-15.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1434—
Epoch Capabilities Index138.33—

Math Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 38.0 (#145), Qwen Turbo: 15.3 (#297)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen Turbo
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202555.6%6.1%
MATH Level 588.7%56.2%
Omni-MATH46.4%—
LMArena Math1391—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)3.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 46.2 (#82), Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#272)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen Turbo
GPQA Diamond75.8%41.8%
MMLU-Pro78.8%—
Confabulations14.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.8%—
GPQA (HELM)65%—
LMArena Expert1421—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok 3: 52.3 (#87), Qwen Turbo: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen Turbo
LMArena Non-English1410—
LMArena Chinese1448—
LMArena French1460—
LMArena German1431—
LMArena Japanese1387—
LMArena Korean1373—
LMArena Russian1416—
LMArena Spanish1417—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok 3: 75.0 (#73), Qwen Turbo: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen Turbo
IFEval88.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following1409—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok 3: 38.7 (#192), Qwen Turbo: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen Turbo
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%—
LMArena Longer Query1439—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok 3: 55.8 (#141), Qwen Turbo: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen Turbo
LMArena Text1426—
LMArena Creative Writing1414—
Short-Story Creative Writing76.4%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1186—
WildBench84.9%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1425—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 3 better than Qwen Turbo?

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Grok 3 and Qwen Turbo share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.

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