Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Grok 4.3
79
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
80
Pick Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 4.3 only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 1M context window.
Coding
+6.8 difference
Knowledge
+20.0 difference
Grok 4.3
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)
$1.25 / $2.5
N/A
209 t/s
N/A
12.36s
N/A
1M
256K
Pick Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 4.3 only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 1M context window.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) finishes one point ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 80 to 79. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)'s sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 73.9 against 53.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SciCode, 47.3% to 47%.
Grok 4.3 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 80 to 79. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SciCode, where the scores are 47.3% and 47%.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.9 versus 53.9. Grok 4.3 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 54.1 versus 47.3. Inside this category, SciCode is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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