# Grok 4.3 vs Qwen3.5-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 4.3 and Qwen3.5-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-4-3-vs-qwen3-5-27b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Grok 4.3 and Qwen3.5-27B share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is 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 4.3 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 4.3 | Qwen3.5-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 59.73 | 55.34 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.25 / $2.50 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.3 public-lane score: 26.9 (Supported · #144/152)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 46.7 (Estimated · #73/152)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 43.86% | 39.41% | Grok 4.3 |
| ResearchClawBench | 12.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 41.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 41.6% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 61% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.3 public-lane score: 33.6 (Supported · #131/151)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 50 (Estimated · #60/151)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 71.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 72.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.3 public-lane score: 65.6 (#25/48)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 70.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.3 public-lane score: 65.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 51.6 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 60.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.3 public-lane score: 57 (Supported · #44/183)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 47.2 (Supported · #98/183)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 91.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.8% | 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 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.3 public-lane score: 94.4 (#2/123)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 92.8 (#13/123)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 36.8 (#9/12)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.3 | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Grok 4.3 and Qwen3.5-27B?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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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- [Grok 4.3 profile](/models/grok-4-3)
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