# Grok 4.20 vs Qwen3.5-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 4.20 and Qwen3.5-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-4-20-beta-vs-qwen3-5-27b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Grok 4.20 and Qwen3.5-27B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Qwen3.5-27B has the lower published output-token price.
- Grok 4.20 has the larger published context window at 2M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 4.20 | Qwen3.5-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 2M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 59.76 | 43.76 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 23 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.25 / $2.50 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 23.3 (Supported · #95/117)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 32.5 (Estimated · #74/117)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 47.1% | 41.6% | Grok 4.20 |
| DeepSearchQA | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 38.36% | 39.41% | Qwen3.5-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 44.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 61% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 22.4 (Supported · #115/142)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 32.4 (Estimated · #86/142)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.7% | 72.4% | Grok 4.20 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 4.06% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 41.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 52.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 53.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 60.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 35.6 (#45/50)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 71.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 75.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 60.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 54.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 57.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 65.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 82.3% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 73.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 93.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 49.3 (Supported · #62/168)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 42.3 (Supported · #87/168)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 88.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 31.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 20.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 50.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 85.5% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 36.8 (#9/12)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 91.5 (#13/124)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Grok 4.20 and Qwen3.5-27B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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## Explore More

- [Grok 4.20 profile](/models/grok-4-20-beta)
- [Qwen3.5-27B profile](/models/qwen3-5-27b)
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