Model comparison
Grok 4.6 vs Qwen3.8 Max
Grok 4.6 and Qwen3.8 Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (56.9 vs 56.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 38 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 38 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3.8 Max in 6 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.4 to 54.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Furniture Assembly: 40% for Grok 4.6 and 20% for Qwen3.8 Max.
- Both cost about the same: $2 input and $6 output per million tokens.
- Qwen3.8 Max accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 500K.
Side by side
| Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 56.9 | 56.8 |
| Released | 2026-08-12 | 2026-08-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 500K | 1M |
| Max output | 500K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 49 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | 67.5% | 57.5% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1617 | 1674 |
| FrontierSWE | 25.3% | 17.8% |
| SciCode | 56.5% | 53.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1465 | 1502 |
| FrontierCode | 48% | — |
| CursorBench | 41.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 67.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,508 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3.8 Max leads
Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 65.3% | 63.3% |
| GDP.pdf | 17.2% | 23.2% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 55.1% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 9,047 | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 80% | 88.3% |
| CritPt | 19.7% | 20% |
| Chess Puzzles | 40% | 40% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1496 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 34% | 38% |
| DTBench | 97.3% | 92% |
| LMCA | 48.5% | 46.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.44 | 156.41 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 67.1% | — |
| SimpleBench | 75.9% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.5% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 30.5% | — |
Math Qwen3.8 Max leads
Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 66% | 74.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 31.7% | 46.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 99.2% | 100% |
| ProofBench | 51% | 58% |
| LMArena Math | 1423 | 1499 |
Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94% | 92.7% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 49.3% | 47.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1467 | 1507 |
Multimodal Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | 1314 |
| Furniture Assembly | 40% | 20% |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.2% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1452 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads
Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1472 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1480 | 1538 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | 1503 |
| LMArena German | 1431 | 1483 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1376 | 1467 |
| LMArena Korean | 1397 | 1461 |
| LMArena Russian | 1422 | 1481 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1404 | 1492 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads
Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1431 | 1479 |
Long Context Qwen3.8 Max leads
Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1454 | 1489 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads
Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1483 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1428 | 1479 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1425 | 1489 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.6 better than Qwen3.8 Max?
Grok 4.6 and Qwen3.8 Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (56.9 vs 56.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.8 Max is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Grok 4.6 lists at $2 and $6.
Is Grok 4.6 or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?
Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 53.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.8 Max does, with 1M tokens against 500K.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Qwen3.8 Max share?
38 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.