Model comparison
Grok 4.1 vs Qwen3 8B
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.1 leads 29.5 to 16.6.
- Qwen3 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.1 | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 33.7 |
| Released | 2025-11-17 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49), Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
| Cybench | 39% | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1435 | — |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
Math Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1422 | — |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | — |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena German | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1397 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | — |
Long Context Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100), Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1437 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.1 better than Qwen3 8B?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.1 or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (33.7 vs 34.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Qwen3 8B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.