Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent vs Qwen Max

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.5 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent xAI

45.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.4

Rank #226 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads 42.4 to 24.1.
  • Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is cheaper at $1.25 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
  • Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen Max
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index45.534.4
Released2026-03-092024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M33K
Max output30K8K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$6.40
Results tracked2023

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 42.4 (#91), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen Max
LMArena Coding14581288
Aider Polyglot—21.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: —, Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen Max
LMArena Search1204—

Reasoning Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 42.4 (#44), Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14481270
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—

Math Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 36.6 (#106), Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen Max
LMArena Math14411275
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—16.1%
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 39.7 (#116), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen Max
LMArena Expert14451248
GPQA Diamond—56.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 39.8 (#44), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen Max
LMArena Vision1259—

Multilingual Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 54.6 (#40), Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen Max
LMArena Non-English14401263
LMArena Chinese14751254
LMArena French14671329
LMArena German14561254
LMArena Japanese14051205
LMArena Korean14161141
LMArena Russian14571274
LMArena Spanish14471290

Instruction Following Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 75.0 (#80), Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14201262

Long Context Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.7 (#84), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14301289
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 64.1 (#57), Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 Multi-AgentQwen Max
LMArena Text14501282
LMArena Creative Writing14351248
LMArena Multi-Turn14511277

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent better than Qwen Max?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.5 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent or Qwen Max?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

Is Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent or Qwen Max better for coding?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent does, with 1M tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent and Qwen Max share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent has 20 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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