Model comparison

Grok 4.3 vs Qwen2.5 Plus 1127

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.3 xAI

43.8

Rank #86 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #181 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.3 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.3 leads 52.5 to 35.5.

Side by side

Grok 4.3 and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 specifications
Grok 4.3Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.838.8
Released2026-04-17—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output30K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked4014

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 41.6 (#121), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 38.5 (#175)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Coding14151314
LMArena WebDev1357—
SciCode47.3%—
WeirdML49.9%—
ALE-Bench944.17—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 27.7 (#99), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
GDP.pdf8%—
LMArena Search1165—
Vending-Bench 235.26—

Reasoning Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 35.9 (#68), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 25.9 (#141)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Hard Prompts13961299
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), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 36.1 (#174)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Math13881298
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 (#62), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 35.5 (#183)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Expert13851289
GPQA Diamond88.8%—
SimpleQA Verified33.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#104), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Vision1229—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—

Multilingual Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 50.5 (#120), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 41.9 (#201)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Non-English13851265
LMArena Chinese14221314
LMArena German13951231
LMArena Japanese13791207
LMArena Russian13991271
LMArena French1412—
LMArena Korean1356—
LMArena Spanish1398—

Instruction Following Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 72.1 (#140), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.2 (#199)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Instruction Following13661275

Long Context Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#123), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#184)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Longer Query13931292

Writing & Preference Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 58.5 (#118), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.4 (#192)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Text13971299
LMArena Creative Writing13801262
LMArena Multi-Turn14061299
EQ-Bench 41075—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.3 better than Qwen2.5 Plus 1127?

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.3 or Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better for coding?

Grok 4.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.6 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.3 and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14.

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