Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) vs Qwen3 Max

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 30 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) xAI

48.5

Rank #48 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.5

Rank #82 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 30 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen3 Max in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads 52.2 to 22.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 85.4% for Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and 30.1% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is cheaper at $1.25 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
  • Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3 Max
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index48.543.5
Released2026-02-172025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M262K
Max output30K66K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$6
Results tracked4633

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 41.8 (#104), Qwen3 Max: 42.4 (#93)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding14581456
ALE-Bench1,150370.45
LMArena WebDev1374—
WeirdML52.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 34.3 (#43), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 24,66371.56
Terminal-Bench57.3%—
τ²-bench Banking18%—
LMArena Search1189—

Reasoning Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.2 (#30), Qwen3 Max: 22.0 (#186)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3 Max
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)85.4%30.1%
Chess Puzzles24%4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14511448
DTBench90.1%82.1%
LMCA38.7%28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index152.01142.41
ARC-AGI-265.1%—
ARC-AGI-189.5%—
Thematic Generalization63.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
ForecastBench61.4—

Math Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 48.0 (#54), Qwen3 Max: 37.6 (#94)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)44.9%18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%73.3%
LMArena Math14551447
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
ProofBench14%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.8 (#54), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#72)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond89.3%72.6%
SimpleQA Verified30.2%48.7%
LMArena Expert14401457

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 33.2 (#88), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3 Max
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1416—

Multilingual Too close to call

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 54.7 (#38), Qwen3 Max: 53.9 (#58)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English14401429
LMArena Chinese14811479
LMArena French14771450
LMArena German14631463
LMArena Japanese14501399
LMArena Korean14171397
LMArena Russian14571428
LMArena Spanish14421463

Instruction Following Too close to call

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 75.0 (#79), Qwen3 Max: 75.0 (#81)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14201420

Long Context Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 45.4 (#33), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#129)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3 Max
CL-bench22.2%14.5%
LMArena Longer Query14361439
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench Life11.9%—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 65.9 (#42), Qwen3 Max: 62.6 (#72)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text14511439
LMArena Creative Writing14391401
LMArena Multi-Turn14561446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1574—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) better than Qwen3 Max?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) or Qwen3 Max?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.

Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (41.8 vs 42.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Qwen3 Max share?

30 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has 46 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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