Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.7 vs Qwen3 Max

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.6 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.7 xAI

46.6

Rank #56 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.5

Rank #82 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.7 scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3 Max in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.7 leads 40.1 to 22.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 76.8% for Grok 4.7 and 30.1% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.7.
  • Grok 4.7 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Grok 4.7Qwen3 Max
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index46.643.5
Released2026-09-212025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window500K262K
Max output500K66K
Input $ / M tokens$2$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$6$6
Results tracked2133

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 55.0 (#23), Qwen3 Max: 42.4 (#93)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding14231456
CursorBench46.3%—
LMArena WebDev1636—
FrontierSWE29.5%—
SciCode57.4%—
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.7: —, Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 40.1 (#49), Qwen3 Max: 22.0 (#186)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
NYT Connections (extended)76.8%30.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14091448
Kagi LLM Benchmark—72.5%
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles—4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
DTBench—82.1%
LMCA—28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.41

Math Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 41.1 (#73), Qwen3 Max: 37.6 (#94)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Math13931447
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
ProofBench34%—
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Grok 4.7: 38.7 (#130), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#72)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Expert14131457
GPQA Diamond—72.6%
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 28.8 (#107), Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
Furniture Assembly20.8%—

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Grok 4.7: 51.2 (#108), Qwen3 Max: 53.9 (#58)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English13921429
LMArena Chinese14761479
LMArena Russian13961428
LMArena French—1450
LMArena German—1463
LMArena Japanese—1399
LMArena Korean—1397
LMArena Spanish—1463

Instruction Following Too close to call

Grok 4.7: 74.3 (#98), Qwen3 Max: 75.0 (#81)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14061420

Long Context Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 43.2 (#97), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#129)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Longer Query14161439
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 70.1 (#23), Qwen3 Max: 62.6 (#72)

BenchmarkGrok 4.7Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text13971439
LMArena Creative Writing13911401
LMArena Multi-Turn13891446
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2007—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.7 better than Qwen3 Max?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.6 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.7 or Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.7 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.0 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.7 does, with 500K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.7 and Qwen3 Max share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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