Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.7 vs Qwen3.8 27B

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 46.0 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.8 27B costs 5.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

46.0

Rank #68 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.7 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3.8 27B in 4 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.7 leads 62.8 to 41.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 76.8% for Grok 4.7 and 54.5% for Qwen3.8 27B.
  • Qwen3.8 27B is cheaper at $0.04 / $2.30 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.7.
  • Grok 4.7 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3.8 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.7Qwen3.8 27B
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index53.146.0
Released2026-09-212026-08-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K262K
Max output500K33K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.04
Output $ / M tokens$6$2.30
Results tracked3931

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18), Qwen3.8 27B: 50.5 (#44)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena WebDev16391593
SciCode57.8%46.6%
LMArena Coding14271482
FrontierCode47.6%—
CursorBench46.3%—
FrontierSWE29.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37), Qwen3.8 27B: 32.9 (#57)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3.8 27B
APEX-Agents54.6%47.5%
GDP.pdf22.8%—
Vending-Bench 210,537—

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40), Qwen3.8 27B: 41.0 (#54)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3.8 27B
NYT Connections (extended)76.8%54.5%
CritPt18%5.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14131460
DTBench96%88%
LMCA49.4%41.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index153.53149.38
ARC-AGI-2—42.4%
ARC-AGI-1—87.5%
Chess Puzzles38%—
Mystery Game Puzzles29%—
Surface Evolver Bench—45%

Math Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39), Qwen3.8 27B: 37.1 (#161)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3.8 27B
ProofBench34%16%
LMArena Math14071456
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)53%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.1%—

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22), Qwen3.8 27B: 41.6 (#109)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Expert14221482
GPQA Diamond92.7%—
SimpleQA Verified56%—

Multimodal Qwen3.8 27B leads

Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87), Qwen3.8 27B: 41.3 (#37)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Vision12281271
Blueprint-Bench 232.5%—
Furniture Assembly20.8%—

Multilingual Qwen3.8 27B leads

Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116), Qwen3.8 27B: 53.7 (#60)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Non-English13891430
LMArena Chinese14551504
LMArena French14551465
LMArena Russian13971415
LMArena Spanish14001448
LMArena German—1438
LMArena Japanese—1384
LMArena Korean—1393

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 27B leads

Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105), Qwen3.8 27B: 75.8 (#53)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Instruction Following14041439

Long Context Qwen3.8 27B leads

Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104), Qwen3.8 27B: 44.3 (#70)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Longer Query14131450

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24), Qwen3.8 27B: 65.8 (#43)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text13991441
LMArena Creative Writing13911384
EQ-Bench Creative Writing20071671
LMArena Multi-Turn13931441

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.7 better than Qwen3.8 27B?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 46.0 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.8 27B costs 5.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.7 or Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen3.8 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $2.30 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.7 or Qwen3.8 27B better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 50.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.7 does, with 500K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.7 and Qwen3.8 27B share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 27B has 31.

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