Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Qwen3 Max

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3 Max in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.4 to 22.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 80% for Grok 4.6 and 30.1% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.6.
  • Grok 4.6 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Grok 4.6Qwen3 Max
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.943.7
Released2026-08-122025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window500K262K
Max output500K66K
Input $ / M tokens$2$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$6$6
Results tracked4933

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding14651456
ALE-Bench1,508370.45
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
CursorBench41.4%—
LMArena WebDev1617—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
SciCode56.5%—
WeirdML67.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 29,04771.56
APEX-Agents65.3%—
GDP.pdf17.2%—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3 Max
NYT Connections (extended)80%30.1%
Chess Puzzles40%4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14471448
Mystery Game Puzzles34%5%
DTBench97.3%82.1%
LMCA48.5%28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.44142.38
ARC-AGI-267.1%—
SimpleBench75.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
ARC-AGI-187.5%—
CritPt19.7%—
EBR-Bench30.5%—

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%73.3%
LMArena Math14231446
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
ProofBench51%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond94%72.6%
SimpleQA Verified49.3%48.7%
LMArena Expert14671455

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Too close to call

Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English14201429
LMArena Chinese14801478
LMArena French14611449
LMArena German14311463
LMArena Japanese13761397
LMArena Korean13971399
LMArena Russian14221428
LMArena Spanish14041462

Instruction Following Too close to call

Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14311419

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query14541438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text14281439
LMArena Creative Writing14281402
LMArena Multi-Turn14251446

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Qwen3 Max?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Grok 4.6 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.6 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 43.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.6 does, with 500K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Qwen3 Max share?

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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