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Model comparison

Grok 4.5 vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.5 xAI

55.0

Rank #25 Confirmed

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Alibaba (Qwen)

43.2

Rank #95 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.5 leads 56.1 to 29.3.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.5.
  • Grok 4.5 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 131K.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.5Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index55.043.2
Released2026-07-082025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K131K
Max output500K33K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.70
Output $ / M tokens$6$2.80
Results tracked5218

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Coding14741439
DeepSWE53.8%—
FrontierCode42.4%—
LMArena WebDev1553—
SciCode54.1%—
WeirdML46.4%—
ALE-Bench1,309—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
APEX-Agents56.2%—
τ²-bench Banking47.9%—
PostTrainBench23.4%—
GBAEval65.4%—
GDP.pdf14%—
LMArena Search1213—
Vending-Bench 23,887—

Reasoning Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 56.1 (#25), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Hard Prompts14621428
ARC-AGI-252.6%—
SimpleBench70%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark83.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.9%—
ARC-AGI-187.2%—
CritPt15.4%—
Chess Puzzles36%—
DTBench96.5%—
LMCA45.2%—
Surface Evolver Bench74.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.92—

Math Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Math14591426
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.8%—
ProofBench31%—

Knowledge Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Expert14661442
GPQA Diamond93.4%—
SimpleQA Verified48.3%—

Multimodal Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Vision12881247
Blueprint-Bench 227.3%—
Furniture Assembly22.5%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Non-English14401405
LMArena Chinese14961463
LMArena French14561452
LMArena German14461424
LMArena Japanese14281385
LMArena Korean14041394
LMArena Russian14481408
LMArena Spanish14501428

Instruction Following Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Instruction Following14461406

Long Context Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Longer Query14631420

Writing & Preference Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)

BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Text14481420
LMArena Creative Writing14421366
LMArena Multi-Turn14561428
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.5 better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.5 or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; Grok 4.5 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.5 or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?

Grok 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.5 does, with 500K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.5 and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.5 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.

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