Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.5 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.5 xAI

55.0

Rank #25 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.5 scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.5 leads 56.1 to 30.8.

Side by side

Grok 4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index55.045.3
Released2026-07-08—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked5217

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding14741487
DeepSWE53.8%—
FrontierCode42.4%—
LMArena WebDev1553—
SciCode54.1%—
WeirdML46.4%—
ALE-Bench1,309—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
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), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts14621483
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%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.92—

Math Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math14591474
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.8%—
ProofBench31%—

Knowledge Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert14661489
GPQA Diamond93.4%—
SimpleQA Verified48.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1288—
Blueprint-Bench 227.3%—
Furniture Assembly22.5%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14401465
LMArena Chinese14961534
LMArena French14561484
LMArena German14461487
LMArena Japanese14281495
LMArena Korean14041438
LMArena Russian14481471
LMArena Spanish14501470

Instruction Following Too close to call

Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14461467

Long Context Too close to call

Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14631476

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text14481470
LMArena Creative Writing14421464
LMArena Multi-Turn14561478
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.5 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.5 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Grok 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.5 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.5 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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