Model comparison

Grok 4.5 vs Qwen-14B

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.5 xAI

55.0

Rank #25 Confirmed

Qwen-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #275 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen-14B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.5 leads 65.8 to 27.6.
  • Qwen-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.5 and Qwen-14B specifications
Grok 4.5Qwen-14B
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index55.031.4
Released2026-07-082023-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked5218

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Coding14741071
DeepSWE53.8%—
FrontierCode42.4%—
LMArena WebDev1553—
SciCode54.1%—
WeirdML46.4%—
ALE-Bench1,309—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17), Qwen-14B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen-14B
APEX-Agents56.2%—
τ²-bench Banking47.9%—
PostTrainBench23.4%—
GBAEval65.4%—
GDP.pdf14%—
LMArena Search1213—
Vending-Bench 23,887—

Reasoning Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 56.1 (#25), Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts14621027
Epoch Capabilities Index153.92113.03
ARC-AGI-252.6%—
SimpleBench70%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark83.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.9%—
ARC-AGI-187.2%—
CritPt15.4%—
Chess Puzzles36%—
DTBench96.5%—
LMCA45.2%—
Surface Evolver Bench74.4%—
BIG-Bench Hard—55%
LAMBADA—71.1%
PIQA—79.9%

Math Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Math14591068
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.8%—
ProofBench31%—
GSM8K—61.3%

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24), Qwen-14B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen-14B
GPQA Diamond93.4%—
SimpleQA Verified48.3%—
LMArena Expert1466—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.4%
BoolQ—86.2%
MMLU—66.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72), Qwen-14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Vision1288—
Blueprint-Bench 227.3%—
Furniture Assembly22.5%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42), Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Non-English14401041
LMArena Chinese14961077
LMArena French1456—
LMArena German1446—
LMArena Japanese1428—
LMArena Korean1404—
LMArena Russian1448—
LMArena Spanish1450—

Instruction Following Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48), Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14461031

Long Context Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56), Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Longer Query14631028

Writing & Preference Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42), Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen-14B
LMArena Text14481051
LMArena Creative Writing14421028
LMArena Multi-Turn14561022
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.5 better than Qwen-14B?

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.5 or Qwen-14B better for coding?

Grok 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.5 and Qwen-14B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.5 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.

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