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Grok 4.20 vs Qwen3 Max

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 3 shared benchmark results across 3 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

54.68/100
Margin
6.5pts
← winning
Alibaba
48.16/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Grok 4.20 #88 (Estimated); Qwen3 Max #128 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Grok 4.20 and Qwen3 Max share 3 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 15 results are unique to Grok 4.20; 11 to Qwen3 Max.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
3
Grok 4.20 only
15
Qwen3 Max only
11
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Grok 4.20 and Qwen3 Max is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 3 shared benchmark results across 3 evidence categories; 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 4.20 has the larger context window at 2M, compared with 1M for Qwen3 Max.

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 scores and score margins for Grok 4.20 and Qwen3 Max
CategoryGrok 4.20ΔQwen3 Max
AgenticGrok 4.2047.1MarginNo overlapQwen3 MaxNot measured
CodingGrok 4.2067.1MarginNo overlapQwen3 MaxNot measured
ReasoningGrok 4.2053.3MarginNo overlapQwen3 MaxNot measured
MultimodalGrok 4.2070.1MarginNo overlapQwen3 MaxNot measured

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGrok 4.20Qwen3 MaxComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok 4.20$2 input / $6 outputQwen3 MaxNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok 4.20233 tok/sQwen3 MaxNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok 4.2010.33 sQwen3 MaxNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok 4.202MQwen3 Max1MGrok 4.20 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGrok 4.20Qwen3 MaxResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 47.1%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 62.8%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 38.36%43.74%Qwen3 Max leads
τ²-bench resultsSource 74.3%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGrok 4.20Qwen3 MaxResult
LiveCodeBench ProSource 74.2%Not comparable
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 76.7%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 51.8%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 4.06%3.51%Grok 4.20 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 38.3%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok 4.20Qwen3 MaxResult
ARC-AGI-2Source 53.3%Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 46.7%Not comparable
CritPtSource 0.0%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkGrok 4.20Qwen3 MaxResult
GPQA-DSource 88.5%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 31.6%Not comparable
HealthBench HardSource 20.3%Not comparable
MedXpertQA (Text)Source 50.2%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 24.0%Not comparable
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 76.4%Not comparable
AA-HLESource 11.1%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -43.1%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 24.4%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 89.4%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGrok 4.20Qwen3 MaxResult
MMMU-ProSource 75.2%Not comparable
CharXivSource 60.9%Not comparable
ERQASource 54.1%Not comparable
SimpleVQASource 57.4%Not comparable
MedXpertQA (MM)Source 65.8%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 12571148Grok 4.20 leads
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGrok 4.20Qwen3 MaxResult
AA-IFBenchSource 44.1%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Grok 4.20 and Qwen3 Max 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 4.20 and Qwen3 Max today?

Grok 4.20: $2.00 input / $6.00 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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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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