# Grok 4.5 vs Qwen3 Max

> Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-5-vs-qwen3-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 29

## Summary

- They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3 Max in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.5 leads 56.1 to 22.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 79.9% for Grok 4.5 and 30.1% for Qwen3 Max.
- Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.5.
- Grok 4.5 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 262K.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 55.0 | 43.7 |
| Rank | 25 | 87 |
| Context | 500K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $2 | $1.20 |
| Output $/M | $6 | $6 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35)
- Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1474 | 1456 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,309 | 370.45 |
| DeepSWE | 53.8% | — |
| FrontierCode | 42.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1553 | — |
| SciCode | 54.1% | — |
| WeirdML | 46.4% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17)
- Qwen3 Max: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | 3,887 | 71.56 |
| APEX-Agents | 56.2% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 47.9% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 23.4% | — |
| GBAEval | 65.4% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 14% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1213 | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.5: 56.1 (#25)
- Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 83.5% | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 79.9% | 30.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | 36% | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1462 | 1448 |
| DTBench | 96.5% | 82.1% |
| LMCA | 45.2% | 28.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 153.92 | 142.38 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 52.6% | — |
| SimpleBench | 70% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.2% | — |
| CritPt | 15.4% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 74.4% | — |

## Math

- Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35)
- Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 57.2% | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 97.8% | 73.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1459 | 1446 |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 24.4% | — |
| ProofBench | 31% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24)
- Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.4% | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 48.3% | 48.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1466 | 1455 |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72)
- Qwen3 Max: —

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

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42)
- Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1440 | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1496 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | 1449 |
| LMArena German | 1446 | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1428 | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | 1404 | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | 1448 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1450 | 1462 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48)
- Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1446 | 1419 |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56)
- Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1463 | 1438 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42)
- Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1442 | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1446 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1579 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.5 better than Qwen3 Max?

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 43.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Grok 4.5 or Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Grok 4.5 lists at $2 and $6.

### Is Grok 4.5 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Grok 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 43.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.5 does, with 500K tokens against 262K.

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

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.5 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.