# Grok 4.3 vs Qwen-14B

> Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-3-vs-qwen-14b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 11

## Summary

- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.3 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen-14B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.3 leads 58.6 to 27.8.
- Qwen-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.6 | 30.8 |
| Rank | 80 | 273 |
| Context | 1M | — |
| Input $/M | $1.25 | — |
| Output $/M | $2.50 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 4.3: 41.3 (#117)
- Qwen-14B: 30.6 (#283)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1415 | 1072 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1357 | — |
| SciCode | 47.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 49.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 944.17 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.3: 27.6 (#93)
- Qwen-14B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | 8% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1165 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 35.26 | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.3: 34.9 (#60)
- Qwen-14B: 18.7 (#255)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1397 | 1027 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 149.13 | 112.8 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 55.2% | — |
| CritPt | 8% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 25% | — |
| DTBench | 90.7% | — |
| LMCA | 38.3% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 55% |
| ForecastBench | 60.3 | — |
| LAMBADA | — | 71.1% |
| PIQA | — | 79.9% |

## Math

- Grok 4.3: 45.8 (#60)
- Qwen-14B: 28.7 (#224)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1388 | 1068 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 42.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 14.6% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 93.3% | — |
| ProofBench | 11% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 61.3% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#57)
- Qwen-14B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 88.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 33.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1385 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.4% |
| BoolQ | — | 86.2% |
| MMLU | — | 66.3% |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#96)
- Qwen-14B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1231 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 0% | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.3: 50.7 (#114)
- Qwen-14B: 27.7 (#270)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1385 | 1042 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1423 | 1077 |
| LMArena French | 1412 | — |
| LMArena German | 1395 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1379 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1357 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1399 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1402 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.3: 72.3 (#135)
- Qwen-14B: 52.6 (#284)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1366 | 1031 |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#118)
- Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#276)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1393 | 1029 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.3: 58.6 (#112)
- Qwen-14B: 27.8 (#294)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1397 | 1051 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1380 | 1028 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1406 | 1022 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1075 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.3 better than Qwen-14B?

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 4.3 or Qwen-14B better for coding?

Grok 4.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.3 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.3 and Qwen-14B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.