Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.3 vs Qwen Max

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.3 xAI

43.8

Rank #86 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.3 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4.3 leads 46.0 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 93.3% for Grok 4.3 and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • Grok 4.3 is cheaper at $1.25 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • Grok 4.3 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

Grok 4.3Qwen Max
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.834.7
Released2026-04-172024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M33K
Max output30K8K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$6.40
Results tracked4023

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 41.6 (#121), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen Max
LMArena Coding14151288
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
LMArena WebDev1357—
SciCode47.3%—
WeirdML49.9%—
ALE-Bench944.17—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 27.7 (#99), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen Max
GDP.pdf8%—
LMArena Search1165—
Vending-Bench 235.26—

Reasoning Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 35.9 (#68), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts13961269
NYT Connections (extended)55.2%—
CritPt8%—
Chess Puzzles25%—
DTBench90.7%—
LMCA38.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.16—
ForecastBench60.3—

Math Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 46.0 (#74), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%16.1%
LMArena Math13881275
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)42.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 414.6%—
ProofBench11%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#62), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen Max
GPQA Diamond88.8%56.1%
LMArena Expert13851248
SimpleQA Verified33.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#104), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen Max
LMArena Vision1229—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—

Multilingual Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 50.5 (#120), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen Max
LMArena Non-English13851263
LMArena Chinese14221254
LMArena French14121330
LMArena German13951254
LMArena Japanese13791205
LMArena Korean13561142
LMArena Russian13991274
LMArena Spanish13981290

Instruction Following Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 72.1 (#140), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following13661262

Long Context Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#123), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen Max
LMArena Longer Query13931288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 58.5 (#118), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen Max
LMArena Text13971282
LMArena Creative Writing13801248
LMArena Multi-Turn14061277
EQ-Bench 41075—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.3 better than Qwen Max?

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.3 or Qwen Max?

Grok 4.3 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is Grok 4.3 or Qwen Max better for coding?

Grok 4.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.6 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.3 does, with 1M tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.3 and Qwen Max share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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