# Grok 4.5 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

> Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-5-vs-qwen3-5-max-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.5 scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.5 leads 56.1 to 30.8.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 55.0 | 45.3 |
| Rank | 25 | 71 |
| Context | 500K | — |
| Input $/M | $2 | — |
| Output $/M | $6 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1474 | 1487 |
| DeepSWE | 53.8% | — |
| FrontierCode | 42.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1553 | — |
| SciCode | 54.1% | — |
| WeirdML | 46.4% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,309 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 56.2% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 47.9% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 23.4% | — |
| GBAEval | 65.4% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 14% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1213 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 3,887 | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.5: 56.1 (#25)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1462 | 1483 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 52.6% | — |
| SimpleBench | 70% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 83.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 79.9% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.2% | — |
| CritPt | 15.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 36% | — |
| DTBench | 96.5% | — |
| LMCA | 45.2% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 74.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 153.92 | — |

## Math

- Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1459 | 1474 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 57.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 24.4% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 97.8% | — |
| ProofBench | 31% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1466 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 93.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 48.3% | — |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1288 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 27.3% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 22.5% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1452 | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1440 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1496 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1446 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1428 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1404 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1448 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1450 | 1470 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1446 | 1467 |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1463 | 1476 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1442 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1478 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1579 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.5 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 4.5 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Grok 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.5 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.5 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.