Noometry

Model comparison

Grok-3 mini vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 41.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.0

Rank #130 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.5

Rank #82 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3 Max in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 Max leads 62.6 to 52.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 61.3% for Grok-3 mini and 72.5% for Qwen3 Max.

Side by side

Grok-3 miniQwen3 Max
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.043.5
Released2025-04-092025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.20
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked3533

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 40.4 (#126), Qwen3 Max: 42.4 (#93)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Coding13801456
Aider Polyglot49.3%—
WeirdML42.6%—
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: —, Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 13.8 (#323), Qwen3 Max: 22.0 (#186)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%72.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts13741448
Epoch Capabilities Index140.35142.41
ARC-AGI-20.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
ARC-AGI-116.5%—
Chess Puzzles—4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
DTBench—82.1%
LMCA—28.3%

Math Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 40.3 (#78), Qwen3 Max: 37.6 (#94)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202577.8%73.3%
LMArena Math13861447
MATH Level 590.9%97.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
Omni-MATH31.8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.9%—

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 46.3 (#75), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#72)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond76.3%72.6%
LMArena Expert13951457
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%
MMLU-Pro79.9%—
Confabulations10.8%—
GPQA (HELM)67.5%—

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 48.3 (#141), Qwen3 Max: 53.9 (#58)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English13521429
LMArena Chinese13871479
LMArena French13571450
LMArena German13501463
LMArena Japanese13431399
LMArena Korean13361397
LMArena Russian13521428
LMArena Spanish13791463

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 78.7 (#8), Qwen3 Max: 75.0 (#81)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following13561420
IFEval95.1%—

Long Context Too close to call

Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#142), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#129)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%66.7%
LMArena Longer Query13721439
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

Grok-3 mini: 52.7 (#163), Qwen3 Max: 62.6 (#72)

BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 Max
LMArena Text13701439
LMArena Creative Writing13421401
LMArena Multi-Turn13551446
Short-Story Creative Writing73.5%—
WildBench65.1%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-3 mini better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 41.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-3 mini or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Qwen3 Max share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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