Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.7 vs Qwen3 Max

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.7 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3 Max in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.7 leads 49.1 to 22.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 76.8% for Grok 4.7 and 30.1% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.7.
  • Grok 4.7 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Grok 4.7Qwen3 Max
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index53.143.7
Released2026-09-212025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window500K262K
Max output500K66K
Input $ / M tokens$2$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$6$6
Results tracked3933

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding14271456
FrontierCode47.6%—
CursorBench46.3%—
LMArena WebDev1639—
FrontierSWE29.5%—
SciCode57.8%—
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 210,53771.56
APEX-Agents54.6%—
GDP.pdf22.8%—

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
NYT Connections (extended)76.8%30.1%
Chess Puzzles38%4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14131448
Mystery Game Puzzles29%5%
DTBench96%82.1%
LMCA49.4%28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index153.53142.38
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
CritPt18%—

Math Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)53%18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.1%73.3%
LMArena Math14071446
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
ProofBench34%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond92.7%72.6%
SimpleQA Verified56%48.7%
LMArena Expert14221455

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1228—
Blueprint-Bench 232.5%—
Furniture Assembly20.8%—

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English13891429
LMArena Chinese14551478
LMArena French14551449
LMArena Russian13971428
LMArena Spanish14001462
LMArena German—1463
LMArena Japanese—1397
LMArena Korean—1399

Instruction Following Too close to call

Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14041419

Long Context Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query14131438
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text13991439
LMArena Creative Writing13911402
LMArena Multi-Turn13931446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2007—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.7 better than Qwen3 Max?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.7 or Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.7 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 43.0 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 Max share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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