Model comparison

Grok 4.3 vs Qwen1.5-7B

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.3 xAI

43.6

Rank #80 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.3 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.3 leads 58.6 to 29.8.
  • Qwen1.5-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.3 and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
Grok 4.3Qwen1.5-7B
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.630.8
Released2026-04-172024-02-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output30K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked4013

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 41.3 (#117), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding14151107
LMArena WebDev1357—
SciCode47.3%—
WeirdML49.9%—
ALE-Bench944.17—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 27.6 (#93), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen1.5-7B
GDP.pdf8%—
LMArena Search1165—
Vending-Bench 235.26—

Reasoning Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 34.9 (#60), Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts13971066
NYT Connections (extended)55.2%—
CritPt8%—
Chess Puzzles25%—
DTBench90.7%—
LMCA38.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.13—
ForecastBench60.3—

Math Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 45.8 (#60), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math13881080
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)42.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 414.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%—
ProofBench11%—

Knowledge Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#57), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert13851055
GPQA Diamond88.8%—
SimpleQA Verified33.2%—
MMLU—62.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#96), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Vision1231—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—

Multilingual Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 50.7 (#114), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English13851058
LMArena Chinese14231140
LMArena Russian13991006
LMArena French1412—
LMArena German1395—
LMArena Japanese1379—
LMArena Korean1357—
LMArena Spanish1402—

Instruction Following Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 72.3 (#135), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following13661058

Long Context Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#118), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query13931090

Writing & Preference Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 58.6 (#112), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text13971084
LMArena Creative Writing13801035
LMArena Multi-Turn14061061
EQ-Bench 41075—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.3 better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.3 or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

Grok 4.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.3 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.3 and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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