# Grok 4.6 vs Qwen Max

> Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-6-vs-qwen-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4.6 leads 67.0 to 22.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 99.2% for Grok 4.6 and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
- Qwen Max is cheaper at $1.60 / $6.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.6.
- Grok 4.6 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 33K.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.6 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 56.9 | 34.7 |
| Rank | 21 | 230 |
| Context | 500K | 33K |
| Input $/M | $2 | $1.60 |
| Output $/M | $6 | $6.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16)
- Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1465 | 1288 |
| DeepSWE | 67.5% | — |
| FrontierCode | 48% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
| CursorBench | 41.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1617 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 25.3% | — |
| SciCode | 56.5% | — |
| WeirdML | 67.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,508 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27)
- Qwen Max: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 65.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 17.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 9,047 | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20)
- Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1269 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 67.1% | — |
| SimpleBench | 75.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 80% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.5% | — |
| CritPt | 19.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 40% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 30.5% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 34% | — |
| DTBench | 97.3% | — |
| LMCA | 48.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.44 | — |

## Math

- Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24)
- Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 99.2% | 16.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1423 | 1275 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 66% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 31.7% | — |
| ProofBench | 51% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20)
- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94% | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1467 | 1248 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 49.3% | — |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23)
- Qwen Max: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.2% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 40% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1452 | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74)
- Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1480 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1431 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1376 | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | 1397 | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | 1422 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1404 | 1290 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63)
- Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1431 | 1262 |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66)
- Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1454 | 1288 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80)
- Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1428 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1425 | 1277 |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.6 better than Qwen Max?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.60 per million input tokens and $6.40 per million output tokens; Grok 4.6 lists at $2 and $6.

### Is Grok 4.6 or Qwen Max better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.6 does, with 500K tokens against 33K.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Qwen Max share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.