Model comparison
Grok 4.7 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Grok 4.7 and Qwen3.6 Plus score almost the same on the Noometry Index (46.6 vs 47.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.7 scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 56.1 to 38.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 57.4% for Grok 4.7 and 40.7% for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper at $0.50 / $3 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.7.
- Qwen3.6 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 500K.
Side by side
| Grok 4.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 46.6 | 47.3 |
| Released | 2026-09-21 | 2026-03-31 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 500K | 1M |
| Max output | 500K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | $3 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.7 leads
Grok 4.7: 55.0 (#23), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.6 (#125)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1636 | 1461 |
| SciCode | 57.4% | 40.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1423 | 1467 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| CursorBench | 46.3% | — |
| FrontierSWE | 29.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 4.7: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |
Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads
Grok 4.7: 40.1 (#49), Qwen3.6 Plus: 28.5 (#89)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 76.8% | 60.3% |
| CritPt | 17.7% | 2.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1409 | 1449 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 81.9% |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 147.67 |
Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Grok 4.7: 41.1 (#73), Qwen3.6 Plus: 50.6 (#44)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1393 | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| ProofBench | 34% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Grok 4.7: 38.7 (#130), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#40)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1413 | 1456 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 4.7: 28.8 (#107), Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Furniture Assembly | 20.8% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Grok 4.7: 51.2 (#108), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.5 (#66)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1392 | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1476 | 1478 |
| LMArena Russian | 1396 | 1434 |
| LMArena French | — | 1454 |
| LMArena German | — | 1451 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1381 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1432 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Grok 4.7: 74.3 (#98), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.2 (#70)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1406 | 1425 |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Grok 4.7: 43.2 (#97), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.1 (#48)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1440 |
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads
Grok 4.7: 70.1 (#23), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.4 (#78)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1397 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1391 | 1405 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1389 | 1438 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2007 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.7 better than Qwen3.6 Plus?
Grok 4.7 and Qwen3.6 Plus score almost the same on the Noometry Index (46.6 vs 47.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Grok 4.7 or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.
Is Grok 4.7 or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?
Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.0 versus 40.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.6 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 500K.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.7 and Qwen3.6 Plus share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.