# Grok 4.3 vs Qwen2.5-Max

> Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-3-vs-qwen2-5-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.3 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.3 leads 52.5 to 35.3.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.3 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 40.7 |
| Rank | 86 | 146 |
| Context | 1M | — |
| Input $/M | $1.25 | — |
| Output $/M | $2.50 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Grok 4.3: 41.6 (#121)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1415 | 1359 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1357 | — |
| SciCode | 47.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 49.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 64.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 944.17 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.3: 27.7 (#99)
- Qwen2.5-Max: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | 8% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1165 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 35.26 | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.3: 35.9 (#68)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1396 | 1360 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 149.16 | 132.53 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 55.2% | — |
| CritPt | 8% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 25% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 51.4% |
| DTBench | 90.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 67.9% |
| LMCA | 38.3% | — |
| ForecastBench | 60.3 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 62.3% |

## Math

- Grok 4.3: 46.0 (#74)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1388 | 1369 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 42.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 14.6% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 93.3% | — |
| ProofBench | 11% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.4% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#62)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1385 | 1337 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 33.2% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#104)
- Qwen2.5-Max: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1229 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 0% | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.3: 50.5 (#120)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1385 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1422 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1412 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1395 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1379 | 1300 |
| LMArena Korean | 1356 | 1304 |
| LMArena Russian | 1399 | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1398 | 1377 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.3: 72.1 (#140)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1366 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 75.3% |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#123)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1393 | 1358 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.3: 58.5 (#118)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1397 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1380 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1406 | 1364 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1075 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 56.3% |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.3 better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 4.3 or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (41.6 vs 41.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.3 and Qwen2.5-Max share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.