Model comparison
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Qwen3 Coder Next score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.7 vs 34.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Coder Next in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 22.4 to 16.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 22.2% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 34.4% for Qwen3 Coder Next.
- Qwen3 Coder Next has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 34.3 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 22.2% | 34.4% |
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | — |
| DTBench | 65.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1283 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | — |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | — |
| LMArena French | 1318 | — |
| LMArena German | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Qwen3 Coder Next score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.7 vs 34.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.3 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.