Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Qwen3.7 Max

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 51.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 30 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 30 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Grok 4.6 leads 39.4 to 22.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 51% for Grok 4.6 and 26% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Grok 4.6 is cheaper at $2 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Qwen3.7 Max accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 500K.

Side by side

Grok 4.6 and Qwen3.7 Max specifications
Grok 4.6Qwen3.7 Max
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.951.5
Released2026-08-122026-05-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window500K1M
Max output500K131K
Input $ / M tokens$2$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$6$7.50
Results tracked4933

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena WebDev16171515
SciCode56.5%48.8%
LMArena Coding14651498
ALE-Bench1,5081,189
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
CursorBench41.4%—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
WeirdML67.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.7 Max
APEX-Agents65.3%—
GBAEval—0.4%
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.7 Max
SimpleBench75.9%70.4%
NYT Connections (extended)80%85.1%
CritPt19.7%13.4%
Chess Puzzles40%19%
EBR-Bench30.5%9.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14471483
Mystery Game Puzzles34%32%
DTBench97.3%92.3%
LMCA48.5%44%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.44153.68
ARC-AGI-267.1%—
ARC-AGI-187.5%—

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.7 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%95.6%
ProofBench51%26%
LMArena Math14231490

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.7 Max
GPQA Diamond94%90.9%
SimpleQA Verified49.3%55.8%
LMArena Expert14671488

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Qwen3.7 Max: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English14201474
LMArena Chinese14801530
LMArena Russian14221484
LMArena French1461—
LMArena German1431—
LMArena Japanese1376—
LMArena Korean1397—
LMArena Spanish1404—

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads

Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14311460

Long Context Too close to call

Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query14541482

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads

Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text14281476
LMArena Creative Writing14281449
LMArena Multi-Turn14251481
EQ-Bench 4—1110

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 51.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Grok 4.6 is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max lists at $2.50 and $7.50.

Is Grok 4.6 or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 50.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Max does, with 1M tokens against 500K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Qwen3.7 Max share?

30 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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