Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Qwen-14B

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.8

Rank #19 Confirmed

Qwen-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen-14B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.3 to 18.7.
  • Qwen-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.6 and Qwen-14B specifications
Grok 4.6Qwen-14B
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.830.8
Released2026-08-122023-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked4918

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.0 (#14), Qwen-14B: 30.6 (#283)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen-14B
LMArena Coding14641072
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
CursorBench41.4%—
LMArena WebDev1620—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
SciCode56.5%—
WeirdML67.3%—
ALE-Bench1,508—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#25), Qwen-14B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen-14B
APEX-Agents65.3%—
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.3 (#18), Qwen-14B: 18.7 (#255)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts14451027
Epoch Capabilities Index156.48112.8
ARC-AGI-267.1%—
SimpleBench75.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)80%—
ARC-AGI-187.5%—
CritPt19.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
EBR-Bench30.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA48.5%—
BIG-Bench Hard—55%
LAMBADA—71.1%
PIQA—79.9%

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 66.8 (#19), Qwen-14B: 28.7 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen-14B
LMArena Math14161068
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%—
ProofBench51%—
GSM8K—61.3%

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#18), Qwen-14B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen-14B
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—
LMArena Expert1463—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.4%
BoolQ—86.2%
MMLU—66.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.9 (#18), Qwen-14B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen-14B
LMArena Vision1265—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 53.3 (#67), Qwen-14B: 27.7 (#270)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen-14B
LMArena Non-English14221042
LMArena Chinese14791077
LMArena French1458—
LMArena German1425—
LMArena Japanese1383—
LMArena Korean1395—
LMArena Russian1427—
LMArena Spanish1408—

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 75.6 (#59), Qwen-14B: 52.6 (#284)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14311031

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 44.4 (#62), Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen-14B
LMArena Longer Query14531029

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 62.5 (#77), Qwen-14B: 27.8 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen-14B
LMArena Text14271051
LMArena Creative Writing14301028
LMArena Multi-Turn14221022

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Qwen-14B?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.6 or Qwen-14B better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Qwen-14B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.

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