# Grok 4.6 vs Qwen3.8-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 4.6 and Qwen3.8-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-4-6-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.8-27B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Grok 4.6 leads overall 69.02 to 55.26.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 57.7 for Grok 4.6 and 78.7 for Qwen3.8-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is DeepSWE in Coding, with scores of 65.9% and 42.2%.
- Qwen3.8-27B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Grok 4.6 also has the larger context window at 500K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 500K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 69.02 | 55.26 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 18 | 33 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 68.1 (Supported · #8/117)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 61.2 (Supported · #18/117)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 26.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 57.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 78.3% | 58.4% | Grok 4.6 |
| ApprenticeBench | 13% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 64.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 61.6 (Supported · #15/142)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #45/142)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Bug Hunt Bench | 27 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 65.9% | 42.2% | Grok 4.6 |
| cursorBench32 | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | 61.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 87.0% | 82.6% | Grok 4.6 |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 25.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.2% | 84.0% | Grok 4.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.6% | 86.0% | Grok 4.6 |
| cursorBench40 | 41.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 61.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Directional only
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 57.7 (#23/27)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 78.7 (#8/27)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 67.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 2.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 80.9 (#11/50)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 69 (Supported · #14/168)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #63/168)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 94.7% | 88.9% | Grok 4.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.4% | 84.3% | Grok 4.6 |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 83.2 (#45/124)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Grok 4.6 or Qwen3.8-27B?

Grok 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Grok 4.6 and Qwen3.8-27B?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 57.7 for Grok 4.6 and 78.7 for Qwen3.8-27B.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.6 currently has 18 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.8-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-27B currently has 33 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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