Model comparison
Grok 4.1 vs Qwen3.5 397B
Head-to-head evidence from 1 shared benchmark result across 1 category. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Grok 4.1 #51 (Estimated); Qwen3.5 397B #71 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Grok 4.1 and Qwen3.5 397B share 1 comparable benchmark result. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to Grok 4.1; 54 to Qwen3.5 397B.
Updated July 20, 2026- Shared results
- 1
- Grok 4.1 only
- 0
- Qwen3.5 397B only
- 54
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Grok 4.1 and Qwen3.5 397B is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 1 shared benchmark result across 1 evidence category; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.
Grok 4.1 has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Qwen3.5 397B.
Category breakdown
Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.
| Category | Grok 4.1 | Δ | Qwen3.5 397B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Grok 4.1Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B56.5 |
| Coding | Grok 4.1Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B66.5 |
| Reasoning | Grok 4.1Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B63.2 |
| Knowledge | Grok 4.1Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B56.6 |
| Math | Grok 4.1Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B90.6 |
| Multilingual | Grok 4.1Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B84.7 |
| Multimodal | Grok 4.1Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B79.6 |
| Inst. Following | Grok 4.1Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.5 397B92.6 |
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3.5 397B | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Grok 4.1Not available | Qwen3.5 397B$0.6 input / $3.6 output | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Grok 4.1Not available | Qwen3.5 397B96 tok/s | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Grok 4.1Not available | Qwen3.5 397B2.44 s | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Grok 4.11M | Qwen3.5 397B128K | Grok 4.1 lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic18 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3.5 397B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| ResearchClawBenchSource | 13.5% | 14.2% | Qwen3.5 397B leads |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 52.5% | Not comparable |
| BrowseCompSource | — | 62% | Not comparable |
| Claw-EvalSource | — | 56.8% | Not comparable |
| QwenClawBenchSource | — | 51.8% | Not comparable |
| τ³-bench resultsSource | — | 68.4% | Not comparable |
| VITA-BenchSource | — | 43.7% | Not comparable |
| DeepPlanningSource | — | 37.6% | Not comparable |
| ToolathlonSource | — | 36.3% | Not comparable |
| MCP AtlasSource | — | 46.1% | Not comparable |
| MCP-TasksSource | — | 74.2% | Not comparable |
| WideResearchSource | — | 74.0% | Not comparable |
| τ²-bench resultsSource | — | 95.6% | Not comparable |
| Gert LabsSource | — | 46.76% | Not comparable |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | — | 19.9% | Not comparable |
| APEX-Agents-AASource | — | 15.3% | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | — | 23.1% | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | — | 962 | Not comparable |
Coding5 benchmarks
Reasoning4 benchmarks
Knowledge12 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Qwen3.5 397B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQASource | — | 88.4% | Not comparable |
| SuperGPQASource | — | 70.4% | Not comparable |
| MMLU-ProSource | — | 87.8% | Not comparable |
| MMLU-ReduxSource | — | 94.9% | Not comparable |
| C-EvalSource | — | 93% | Not comparable |
| HLESource | — | 28.7% | Not comparable |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | — | 33.7% | Not comparable |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | — | 89.3% | Not comparable |
| AA-HLESource | — | 27.3% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | — | -29.8% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | — | 31.4% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | — | 89.1% | Not comparable |
Math5 benchmarks
Multilingual2 benchmarks
Multimodal7 benchmarks
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Grok 4.1 and Qwen3.5 397B on BenchLM yet?
Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.
Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?
BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.
What data is available for Grok 4.1 and Qwen3.5 397B today?
Grok 4.1: Pricing unavailable Qwen3.5 397B: $0.60 input / $3.60 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.
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