Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) xAI

48.6

Rank #54 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 4 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads 52.3 to 30.8.

Side by side

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index48.645.3
Released2026-02-17—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output30K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked4617

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 42.1 (#112), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding14591487
LMArena WebDev1375—
WeirdML52.3%—
ALE-Bench1,150—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 34.4 (#46), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Terminal-Bench57.3%—
τ²-bench Banking18%—
LMArena Search1189—
Vending-Bench 24,663—

Reasoning Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.3 (#32), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts14511483
ARC-AGI-265.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%—
NYT Connections (extended)85.4%—
ARC-AGI-189.5%—
Chess Puzzles24%—
Thematic Generalization63.8%—
DTBench90.1%—
LMCA38.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.98—
ForecastBench61.4—

Math Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 48.2 (#65), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math14551474
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)44.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
ProofBench14%—

Knowledge Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.8 (#60), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert14391489
GPQA Diamond89.3%—
SimpleQA Verified30.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 33.3 (#98), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1416—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 54.5 (#40), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14411465
LMArena Chinese14811534
LMArena French14761484
LMArena German14651487
LMArena Japanese14491495
LMArena Korean14171438
LMArena Russian14581471
LMArena Spanish14431470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 74.8 (#83), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14201467

Long Context Too close to call

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 45.5 (#34), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14371476
CL-bench22.2%—
CL-bench Life11.9%—

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 65.7 (#44), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text14511470
LMArena Creative Writing14381464
LMArena Multi-Turn14561478
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1574—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 42.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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