Model comparison
Grok 4.1 vs Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 leads 62.4 to 41.6.
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 33.4 |
| Released | 2025-11-17 | 2024-09-18 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 29K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.66 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 22.6 (#333)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | 1276 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 9% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 16.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 49% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 56.9% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 58% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 87.2% |
| MBPP+ | — | 77% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 39% | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 21.2 (#225)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1435 | 1251 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 42.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 49.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 119.49 |
| HellaSwag | — | 83% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.2% |
| WinoGrande | — | 80.8% |
Math Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.3 (#204)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1251 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 46.6% |
| GSM8K | — | 93% |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.4 (#203)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | 1221 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 70.5% |
| MMLU | — | 79.1% |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 37.8 (#235)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | 1205 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1222 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1228 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena German | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1397 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | — |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 61.4 (#245)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1223 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.7% |
Long Context Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 38.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1251 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 41.6 (#240)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1230 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1174 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1437 | 1222 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 23.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.1 better than Qwen2.5-Coder-32B?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.1 or Qwen2.5-Coder-32B better for coding?
Grok 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.7 versus 22.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has 31.