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Grok 4.5 vs Qwen3 Max

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 10 shared benchmark results across 4 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

76.97/100
Margin
28.9pts
← winning
Alibaba
48.03/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Grok 4.5 #6 (Supported); Qwen3 Max #126 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Grok 4.5 and Qwen3 Max share 10 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 17 results are unique to Grok 4.5; 5 to Qwen3 Max.

Updated July 17, 2026
Shared results
10
Grok 4.5 only
17
Qwen3 Max only
5
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Grok 4.5 and Qwen3 Max is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 10 shared benchmark results across 4 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.

Qwen3 Max has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 500K for Grok 4.5.

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 4.5 and Qwen3 Max
CategoryGrok 4.5ΔQwen3 Max
AgenticGrok 4.583.3MarginNo overlapQwen3 MaxNot measured
CodingGrok 4.564.7MarginNo overlapQwen3 MaxNot measured

Operational comparison

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

MetricGrok 4.5Qwen3 MaxComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok 4.5$2 input / $6 outputQwen3 MaxNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok 4.5Not availableQwen3 MaxNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok 4.5Not availableQwen3 MaxNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok 4.5500KQwen3 Max1MQwen3 Max lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3 MaxResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 83.3%Not comparable
deepSweSource 53%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 45.7%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 51.7%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1535Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 1323Not comparable
AA AutomationBenchSource 51.4%Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 40.8%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 13.3%Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 32.6%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 74.3%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 43.74%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3 MaxResult
SWE-bench ProSource 64.7%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 78%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 83.3%Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 66.7%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 72.5%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 54.1%38.3%Grok 4.5 leads
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Source 81.6%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 3.51%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench HardSource 20.5%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3 MaxResult
AA-LCRSource 67.7%46.7%Grok 4.5 leads
CritPtSource 15.4%0.0%Grok 4.5 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3 MaxResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 53.8%24.0%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 93.1%76.4%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-HLESource 40.3%11.1%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 26.4%-43.1%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 52.1%24.4%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 53.5%89.4%Grok 4.5 leads
Multimodal
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3 MaxResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 80.4%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 13291153Grok 4.5 leads
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Qwen3 MaxResult
AA-IFBenchSource 44.1%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Grok 4.5 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 4.5 and Qwen3 Max today?

Grok 4.5: $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 17, 2026

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