Qwen3vsGrok 4.6
Qwen3 | Grok 4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | 235B | — |
Context window | 128k | — |
| 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 | Apr 29 2025 | Aug 12 2026 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
Which is better: Qwen3 or Grok 4.6?
Qwen3 and Grok 4.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Qwen3 shipped 470 days before Grok 4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Qwen3 is open weight, while Grok 4.6 is proprietary.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Qwen3 and Grok 4.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Qwen3 was released by Qwen on Apr 29 2025.
Grok 4.6 was released by SpaceXAI on Aug 12 2026.
Qwen3 is an open weight model released by Qwen. Grok 4.6 is a proprietary model released by SpaceXAI.