Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Qwen Max

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4.6 leads 67.0 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 99.2% for Grok 4.6 and 16.1% for Qwen Max.
  • Qwen Max is cheaper at $1.60 / $6.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.6.
  • Grok 4.6 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 33K.

Side by side

Grok 4.6Qwen Max
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.934.7
Released2026-08-122024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window500K33K
Max output500K8K
Input $ / M tokens$2$1.60
Output $ / M tokens$6$6.40
Results tracked4923

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen Max
LMArena Coding14651288
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
CursorBench41.4%—
LMArena WebDev1617—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
SciCode56.5%—
WeirdML67.3%—
ALE-Bench1,508—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen Max
APEX-Agents65.3%—
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen Max
LMArena Hard Prompts14471269
ARC-AGI-267.1%—
SimpleBench75.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)80%—
ARC-AGI-187.5%—
CritPt19.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
EBR-Bench30.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA48.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.44—

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%16.1%
LMArena Math14231275
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
ProofBench51%—
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen Max
GPQA Diamond94%56.1%
LMArena Expert14671248
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Qwen Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen Max
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen Max
LMArena Non-English14201263
LMArena Chinese14801254
LMArena French14611330
LMArena German14311254
LMArena Japanese13761205
LMArena Korean13971142
LMArena Russian14221274
LMArena Spanish14041290

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following14311262

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen Max
LMArena Longer Query14541288
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen Max
LMArena Text14281282
LMArena Creative Writing14281248
LMArena Multi-Turn14251277

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Qwen Max?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.60 per million input tokens and $6.40 per million output tokens; Grok 4.6 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.6 or Qwen Max better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.6 does, with 500K tokens against 33K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Qwen Max share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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