# Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent vs QwQ-32B

> Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-20-multi-agent-vs-qwq-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent scores higher in 7 categories and QwQ-32B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads 43.9 to 23.7.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 46.2 | 39.8 |
| Rank | 65 | 159 |
| Context | 1M | — |
| Input $/M | $1.25 | — |
| Output $/M | $2.50 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.0 (#92)
- QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1457 | 1333 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: —
- QwQ-32B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Search | 1204 | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.9 (#48)
- QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1448 | 1325 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 89.6% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 137.6 |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |

## Math

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 39.4 (#104)
- QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1442 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 59.2% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 40.4 (#119)
- QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1445 | 1324 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 40.5 (#48)
- QwQ-32B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1259 | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 54.4 (#43)
- QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1440 | 1305 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1475 | 1378 |
| LMArena French | 1466 | 1336 |
| LMArena German | 1456 | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1405 | 1262 |
| LMArena Korean | 1416 | 1279 |
| LMArena Russian | 1457 | 1297 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1447 | 1354 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 74.8 (#84)
- QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.7 (#88)
- QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1431 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 64.0 (#59)
- QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1450 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1436 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1452 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1257 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent better than QwQ-32B?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent or QwQ-32B better for coding?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 35.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent and QwQ-32B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent has 20 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.