Model comparison
Grok Build 0.1 vs Qwen Plus
Grok Build 0.1 and Qwen Plus score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.4 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Grok Build 0.1 leads 43.1 to 38.9.
- Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $2 for Grok Build 0.1.
- Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 256K.
Side by side
| Grok Build 0.1 | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.4 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2026-04-16 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | 1M |
| Max output | 256K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok Build 0.1 leads
Grok Build 0.1: 43.1 (#91), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 50.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1328 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: 22.7 (#129), Qwen Plus: —
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GBAEval | 2.4% | — |
Reasoning Grok Build 0.1 leads
Grok Build 0.1: 32.2 (#77), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| CritPt | 9.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1317 |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
Math Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1326 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1328 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1323 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1303 |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok Build 0.1 better than Qwen Plus?
Grok Build 0.1 and Qwen Plus score almost the same on the Noometry Index (36.4 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Grok Build 0.1 or Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Grok Build 0.1 lists at $1 and $2.
Is Grok Build 0.1 or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Grok Build 0.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.1 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Grok Build 0.1 and Qwen Plus share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok Build 0.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.