Qwen3-MaxvsGrok 4.6
Qwen3-Max | Grok 4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | 1T | — |
Context window | 256k | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
Agentic coding CursorBench v3.2Cursor's own test of harder, real-world coding tasks inside a code editor, on the refreshed v3.2 task set. Scores aren't comparable with v3.1. Higher is better. | — | 69.9% |
Agentic coding DeepSWE 1.1Artificial Analysis' independent test of deep, agentic software-engineering work — the AI has to plan and carry out substantial coding tasks end to end. (Version 1.1 of the test.) Higher is better. | — | 65.9% |
Agentic coding FrontierCode v1.1 (Extended) · extended splitfrontier-difficulty agentic coding tasks (v1.1, extended split) | — | 61.3% |
Expert software engineering APEX-SWEexpert-level software-engineering tasks (AI Productivity Index) | — | 56.4% |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 3.0command-line task completion (v3.0, much harder task set) | — | 26% |
Expert agentic work APEX-Agentsexpert-level agentic work tasks (AI Productivity Index) | — | 57.5% |
Agentic legal work Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkHarvey's test of whether an AI agent can complete real legal work — drafting and reviewing documents, working with spreadsheets and presentations, and navigating files the way a lawyer's assistant would. Higher is better. | — | 15.8% |
Overall intelligence AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis composite intelligence index across evals | — | 61 |
Knowledge work GDPval-AA v2economically valuable knowledge work (v2, re-based Elo) | — | 1753 |
Knowledge work AA-BriefcaseArtificial Analysis agentic office-work eval (Elo) | — | 1577 |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Qwen | SpaceXAI |
| Release date | Sep 24 2025 | Aug 12 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
Which is better: Qwen3-Max or Grok 4.6?
Qwen3-Max and Grok 4.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Qwen3-Max shipped 322 days before Grok 4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Qwen3-Max and Grok 4.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Qwen3-Max was released by Qwen on Sep 24 2025.
Grok 4.6 was released by SpaceXAI on Aug 12 2026.
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