Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Qwen2-72B

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.8

Rank #19 Confirmed

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

29.5

Rank #294 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen2-72B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.6 leads 63.3 to 21.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 67.3% for Grok 4.6 and 11.3% for Qwen2-72B.
  • Qwen2-72B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.6Qwen2-72B
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.829.5
Released2026-08-122024-06-07
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked4926

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.0 (#14), Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen2-72B
WeirdML67.3%11.3%
LMArena Coding14641196
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
CursorBench41.4%—
LMArena WebDev1620—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
SciCode56.5%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.5%
BigCodeBench Complete—54%
ALE-Bench1,508—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#25), Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen2-72B
APEX-Agents65.3%—
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
GDP.pdf17.2%—
METR Time Horizons—29.9%
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.3 (#18), Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen2-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts14451191
Epoch Capabilities Index156.48125.27
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%—

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 66.8 (#19), Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen2-72B
LMArena Math14161235
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%—
ProofBench51%—
MATH Level 5—39.1%

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#18), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen2-72B
GPQA Diamond94%40.8%
LMArena Expert14631171
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—
MMLU—82.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.9 (#18), Qwen2-72B: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen2-72B
LMArena Vision1265—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 53.3 (#67), Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English14221176
LMArena Chinese14791240
LMArena French14581169
LMArena German14251151
LMArena Japanese13831111
LMArena Korean13951083
LMArena Russian14271169
LMArena Spanish14081168

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 75.6 (#59), Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following14311181

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 44.4 (#62), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query14531193

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 62.5 (#77), Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen2-72B
LMArena Text14271203
LMArena Creative Writing14301181
LMArena Multi-Turn14221195

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Qwen2-72B?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.6 or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Qwen2-72B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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