Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.3 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 43.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.3 xAI

43.6

Rank #80 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

44.7

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.3 scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.3 leads 52.5 to 41.1.

Side by side

Grok 4.3Qwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.644.7
Released2026-04-17—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output30K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked4017

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.3: 41.3 (#117), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding14151488
LMArena WebDev1357—
SciCode47.3%—
WeirdML49.9%—
ALE-Bench944.17—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 27.6 (#93), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.5 Max Preview
GDP.pdf8%—
LMArena Search1165—
Vending-Bench 235.26—

Reasoning Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 34.9 (#60), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts13971483
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), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math13881473
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), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert13851489
GPQA Diamond88.8%—
SimpleQA Verified33.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#96), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1231—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.3: 50.7 (#114), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English13851465
LMArena Chinese14231534
LMArena French14121483
LMArena German13951487
LMArena Japanese13791497
LMArena Korean13571438
LMArena Russian13991472
LMArena Spanish14021470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.3: 72.3 (#135), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following13661467

Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#118), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query13931477

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.3: 58.6 (#112), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text13971471
LMArena Creative Writing13801464
LMArena Multi-Turn14061478
EQ-Bench 41075—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.3 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 43.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.3 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 41.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.3 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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