Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.7 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

38.1

Rank #190 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.7 scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.7 leads 62.8 to 37.0.
  • Both cost about the same: $2 input and $6 output per million tokens.
  • Grok 4.7 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.7Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index53.138.1
Released2026-09-212025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K262K
Max output500K66K
Input $ / M tokens$2$1.50
Output $ / M tokens$6$7.50
Results tracked3925

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena WebDev16391275
LMArena Coding14271412
FrontierCode47.6%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
CursorBench46.3%—
FrontierSWE29.5%—
SciCode57.8%—
GSO—4.9%
WeirdML—41.2%
ALE-Bench—461.45
AlgoTune—1.44

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Terminal-Bench—27.2%
APEX-Agents54.6%—
GDP.pdf22.8%—
Vending-Bench 210,537—

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14131372
Kagi LLM Benchmark—49.5%
NYT Connections (extended)76.8%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles38%—
Mystery Game Puzzles29%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA49.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.53—

Math Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Math14071365
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)53%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.1%—
ProofBench34%—

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Expert14221338
GPQA Diamond92.7%—
SimpleQA Verified56%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Vision1228—
Blueprint-Bench 232.5%—
Furniture Assembly20.8%—

Multilingual Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Non-English13891346
LMArena Chinese14551357
LMArena French14551398
LMArena Russian13971366
LMArena Spanish14001360
LMArena German—1325
LMArena Japanese—1310
LMArena Korean—1305

Instruction Following Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14041355

Long Context Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14131378

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
LMArena Text13991357
LMArena Creative Writing13911333
LMArena Multi-Turn13931365
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2007—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.7 better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.7 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.7 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 35.5 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-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.

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