Model comparison
Grok 4.1 vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
Grok 4.1 and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.5 vs 42.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads 47.8 to 39.5.
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 42.0 |
| Released | 2025-11-17 | 2026-02-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.8 (#251)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | 1254 |
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | 1410 |
| SciCode | — | 29.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 39% | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 24.6 (#161)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1435 | 1400 |
| CritPt | — | 0.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 10% |
| DTBench | — | 80% |
| LMCA | — | 29.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.52 |
Math Too close to call
Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 39.9 (#97)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1404 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 70% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.8 (#79)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | 1408 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.5% |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.0 (#127)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1457 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | 1412 |
| LMArena German | 1446 | 1367 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1397 | 1325 |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | 1356 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1376 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | 1392 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 72.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1379 |
Long Context Too close to call
Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#127)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1389 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 57.9 (#124)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1395 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1346 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1437 | 1390 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.1 better than Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
Grok 4.1 and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.5 vs 42.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Grok 4.1 or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (33.7 vs 33.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28.