Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 37.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 51.3 to 33.9.
- Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 37.6 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.49 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 23% |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.6% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 22% |
| DTBench | — | 73.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 44.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.93 |
Math Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 20.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1265 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | — |
| LMArena French | 1286 | — |
| LMArena German | 1273 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1279 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 37.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (37.0 vs 37.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.