Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

33.0

Rank #251 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4.6 leads 67.0 to 14.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 99.2% for Grok 4.6 and 4.4% for Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B.
  • Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.6Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
ProviderxAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index56.933.0
Released2026-08-122024-11-21
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked4914

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 36.0 (#214)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Coding14651235
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), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
APEX-Agents65.3%—
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 23.9 (#169)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Hard Prompts14471220
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), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 14.2 (#303)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%4.4%
LMArena Math14231242
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
ProofBench51%—
MATH Level 5—42.7%

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.0 (#264)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
GPQA Diamond94%46.3%
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—
LMArena Expert1467—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 39.9 (#222)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Non-English14201236
LMArena Chinese14801249
LMArena Russian14221246
LMArena French1461—
LMArena German1431—
LMArena Japanese1376—
LMArena Korean1397—
LMArena Spanish1404—

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 64.8 (#227)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Instruction Following14311233

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#222)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Longer Query14541224

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.6 (#223)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Text14281256
LMArena Creative Writing14281231
LMArena Multi-Turn14251252

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.6 or Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has 14.

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