Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.3 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.3 xAI

43.8

Rank #86 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.3 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.3 leads 35.9 to 29.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 33.2% for Grok 4.3 and 44.1% for Qwen3.6 Plus.
  • Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper at $0.50 / $3 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $2.50 for Grok 4.3.

Side by side

Grok 4.3Qwen3.6 Plus
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.847.5
Released2026-04-172026-03-31
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M1M
Max output30K66K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$0.50
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$3
Results tracked4037

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Grok 4.3: 41.6 (#121), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena WebDev13571461
SciCode47.3%40.7%
LMArena Coding14151467
ALE-Bench944.17670.15
SWE-bench Verified—57.9%
WeirdML49.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 27.7 (#99), Qwen3.6 Plus: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.6 Plus
Vending-Bench 235.265,115
GDP.pdf8%—
LMArena Search1165—

Reasoning Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 35.9 (#68), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.6 Plus
NYT Connections (extended)55.2%60.3%
CritPt8%2.9%
Chess Puzzles25%17%
LMArena Hard Prompts13961449
DTBench90.7%81.9%
LMCA38.3%33.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index149.16147.65
Thematic Generalization—59.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—12%
ForecastBench60.3—

Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Grok 4.3: 46.0 (#74), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.6 Plus
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)42.8%38.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%93.3%
LMArena Math13881450
FrontierMath Tier 414.6%—
ProofBench11%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—26.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—8.3%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#62), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond88.8%88.4%
SimpleQA Verified33.2%44.1%
LMArena Expert13851454

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#104), Qwen3.6 Plus: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Vision1229—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Grok 4.3: 50.5 (#120), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English13851424
LMArena Chinese14221477
LMArena French14121455
LMArena German13951452
LMArena Japanese13791389
LMArena Korean13561379
LMArena Russian13991434
LMArena Spanish13981432

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Grok 4.3: 72.1 (#140), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following13661425

Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#123), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Longer Query13931439
CL-bench—20.3%

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Grok 4.3: 58.5 (#118), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text13971437
LMArena Creative Writing13801404
LMArena Multi-Turn14061438
EQ-Bench 41075—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.3 better than Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.3 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens; Grok 4.3 lists at $1.25 and $2.50.

Is Grok 4.3 or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (41.6 vs 40.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.3 and Qwen3.6 Plus share?

31 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.

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