# Grok 4.1 vs Qwen2.5-Coder-32B

> Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-1-vs-qwen2-5-coder-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 leads 62.6 to 41.8.
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 32.9 |
| Rank | 135 | 239 |
| Context | — | 33K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.66 |
| Output $/M | — | $1 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 4.1: 33.4 (#246)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 22.4 (#328)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | 1276 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 9% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 16.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 49% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 56.9% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 58% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 87.2% |
| MBPP+ | — | 77% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.1: 33.8 (#47)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 39% | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.1: 28.3 (#91)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 20.4 (#220)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 1251 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 42.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 49.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 119.41 |
| HellaSwag | — | 83% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.2% |
| WinoGrande | — | 80.8% |

## Math

- Grok 4.1: 36.2 (#124)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 30.8 (#203)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1251 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 46.6% |
| GSM8K | — | 93% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#129)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 32.9 (#200)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | 1221 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 70.5% |
| MMLU | — | 79.1% |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.1: 53.6 (#64)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 38.0 (#230)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | 1205 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1464 | 1222 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1228 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena German | 1447 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1396 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.1: 74.0 (#106)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 61.6 (#240)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1223 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.7% |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#96)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 37.9 (#204)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1251 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.1: 62.6 (#71)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 41.8 (#235)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1230 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1174 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1438 | 1222 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 23.3% |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.1 better than Qwen2.5-Coder-32B?

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 4.1 or Qwen2.5-Coder-32B better for coding?

Grok 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.4 versus 22.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has 31.