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Model comparison

Grok 3 vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Grok 3 xAI

39.9

Rank #157 Confirmed

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

43.0

Rank #102 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 3 scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads 31.1 to 13.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is IFEval: 88.4% for Grok 3 and 81% for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct.
  • Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 3Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index39.943.0
Released2025-04-092025-09
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$2
Results tracked4025

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Grok 3: 41.9 (#115), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 42.5 (#98)

BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
LMArena Coding14321440
Aider Polyglot53.3%—
WeirdML37.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 3: 30.5 (#76), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: —

BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
BALROG29.5%—

Reasoning Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads

Grok 3: 13.7 (#333), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 31.1 (#81)

BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%66.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts14341428
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench36.1%—
ARC-AGI-15.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index138.33—

Math Too close to call

Grok 3: 38.0 (#145), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 38.8 (#126)

BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Omni-MATH46.4%46.7%
LMArena Math13911440
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202555.6%—
MATH Level 588.7%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)3.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 46.2 (#82), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.8 (#106)

BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
MMLU-Pro78.8%78.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.8%9.3%
GPQA (HELM)65%63%
LMArena Expert14211417
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
Confabulations14.2%—

Multilingual Too close to call

Grok 3: 52.3 (#87), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.1 (#93)

BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
LMArena Non-English14101407
LMArena Chinese14481460
LMArena French14601413
LMArena German14311417
LMArena Japanese13871395
LMArena Korean13731364
LMArena Russian14161404
LMArena Spanish14171435

Instruction Following Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 75.0 (#73), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 70.8 (#159)

BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
IFEval88.4%81%
LMArena Instruction Following14091389

Long Context Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 38.7 (#192), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#223)

BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%55.6%
LMArena Longer Query14391403

Writing & Preference Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads

Grok 3: 55.8 (#141), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.0 (#121)

BenchmarkGrok 3Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
LMArena Text14261417
LMArena Creative Writing14141334
WildBench84.9%80.7%
LMArena Multi-Turn14251416
Short-Story Creative Writing76.4%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1186—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 3 better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 3 or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (41.9 vs 42.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Grok 3 and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.

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