Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.4 to 30.8.

Side by side

Grok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.945.3
Released2026-08-12—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked4917

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding14651487
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
CursorBench41.4%—
LMArena WebDev1617—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
SciCode56.5%—
WeirdML67.3%—
ALE-Bench1,508—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
APEX-Agents65.3%—
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts14471483
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), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math14231474
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%—
ProofBench51%—

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert14671489
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14201465
LMArena Chinese14801534
LMArena French14611484
LMArena German14311487
LMArena Japanese13761495
LMArena Korean13971438
LMArena Russian14221471
LMArena Spanish14041470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14311467

Long Context Too close to call

Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14541476

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text14281470
LMArena Creative Writing14281464
LMArena Multi-Turn14251478

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.6 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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