# Grok 4.1 vs Qwen3-4B

> Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-1-vs-qwen3-4b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.1 leads 29.5 to 19.2.
- Qwen3-4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 31.9 |
| Rank | 134 | 264 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)
- Qwen3-4B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)
- Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 35.7% |
| Cybench | 39% | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)
- Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1435 | — |

## Math

- Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)
- Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 38.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 52.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1422 | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)
- Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 52.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)
- Qwen3-4B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | — |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena German | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1397 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)
- Qwen3-4B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | — |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)
- Qwen3-4B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)
- Qwen3-4B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1437 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.1 better than Qwen3-4B?

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Qwen3-4B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.