Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent vs Qwen3 Max

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent xAI

46.2

Rank #65 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen3 Max in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads 43.9 to 22.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 89.6% for Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent and 30.1% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is cheaper at $1.25 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
  • Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen3 Max
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index46.243.7
Released2026-03-092025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M262K
Max output30K66K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$6
Results tracked2033

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.0 (#92), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding14571456
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: —, Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen3 Max
LMArena Search1204—
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.9 (#48), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen3 Max
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%30.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14481448
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
Chess Puzzles—4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
DTBench—82.1%
LMCA—28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.38

Math Too close to call

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 39.4 (#104), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen3 Max
LMArena Math14421446
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 40.4 (#119), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen3 Max
LMArena Expert14451455
GPQA Diamond—72.6%
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 40.5 (#48), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1259—

Multilingual Too close to call

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 54.4 (#43), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English14401429
LMArena Chinese14751478
LMArena French14661449
LMArena German14561463
LMArena Japanese14051397
LMArena Korean14161399
LMArena Russian14571428
LMArena Spanish14471462

Instruction Following Too close to call

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 74.8 (#84), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14201419

Long Context Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.7 (#88), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query14311438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 64.0 (#59), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen3 Max
LMArena Text14501439
LMArena Creative Writing14361402
LMArena Multi-Turn14521446

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent better than Qwen3 Max?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent or Qwen3 Max?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.

Is Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (43.0 vs 43.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent and Qwen3 Max share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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