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Grok 4.3 vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 23 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

65.1/100
Margin
2.1pts
winning →
67.22/100
0 category wins4 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Grok 4.3 #31 (Supported); Qwen3.7 Plus #21 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Grok 4.3 and Qwen3.7 Plus share 23 comparable benchmark results. 4 of 8 categories are comparable. 2 results are unique to Grok 4.3; 46 to Qwen3.7 Plus.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
23
Grok 4.3 only
2
Qwen3.7 Plus only
46
Comparable categories
4 / 8

Pick Qwen3.7 Plus if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 4.3 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 23 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 4 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Qwen3.7 Plus has the cleaner BenchAlign overall profile here, landing at 67.22 versus 65.1. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Qwen3.7 Plus's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 75.6 against 47.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SciCode, 47.3% to 51.3%.

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 4.3 and Qwen3.7 Plus
CategoryGrok 4.3ΔQwen3.7 Plus
CodingGrok 4.347.3Margin→ 28.3Qwen3.7 Plus75.6
KnowledgeGrok 4.342.4Margin→ 17.7Qwen3.7 Plus60.1
MultimodalGrok 4.378.1Margin→ 3.4Qwen3.7 Plus81.5
Inst. FollowingGrok 4.381.3Margin→ 3.2Qwen3.7 Plus84.5
AgenticGrok 4.3Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus71.7
ReasoningGrok 4.3Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus91.7
MathGrok 4.3Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus92.9
MultilingualGrok 4.3Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus85.4

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · Grok 4.3B · Qwen3.7 Plus

  1. SciCode

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 47.3%B 51.3%
    Winner: Qwen3.7 PlusΔ 4
    SciCode: Grok 4.3 scored 47.3%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 51.3%. Qwen3.7 Plus wins this benchmark.

  2. IFBench

    Inst. Following
    Source ↗
    A 81.3%B 79.1%
    Winner: Grok 4.3Δ 2.2
    IFBench: Grok 4.3 scored 81.3%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 79.1%. Grok 4.3 wins this benchmark.

  3. MMMU-Pro

    Multimodal
    Source ↗
    A 78.1%B 79%
    Winner: Qwen3.7 PlusΔ 0.9
    MMMU-Pro: Grok 4.3 scored 78.1%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 79%. Qwen3.7 Plus wins this benchmark.

  4. HLE

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 35%B 34.7%
    Winner: Grok 4.3Δ 0.3
    HLE: Grok 4.3 scored 35%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 34.7%. Grok 4.3 wins this benchmark.

  5. GPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 90.1%B 90.3%
    Winner: Qwen3.7 PlusΔ 0.2
    GPQA: Grok 4.3 scored 90.1%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 90.3%. Qwen3.7 Plus wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

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

MetricGrok 4.3Qwen3.7 PlusComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok 4.3$1.25 input / $2.5 outputQwen3.7 PlusNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok 4.3209 tok/sQwen3.7 PlusNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok 4.312.36 sQwen3.7 PlusNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok 4.31MQwen3.7 Plus1MListed context windows are equal.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.7 PlusResult
τ²-bench resultsSource 97.7%93%Grok 4.3 leads
GDPval-AASource 29.2%21.8%Grok 4.3 leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 24.1%20.8%Grok 4.3 leads
APEX-Agents-AASource 17.0%22.4%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
GDPval-AASource 1085936Grok 4.3 leads
Gert LabsSource 43.86%—Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource 12.4%—Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source —70.3%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource —61.8%Not comparable
QwenWebBenchSource —1536Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource —62.7%Not comparable
BFCL v4Source —72.9%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource —73.2%Not comparable
VITA-BenchSource —45.6%Not comparable
DeepPlanningSource —62.3%Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource —73.3%Not comparable
AndroidWorldSource —81.0%Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source —2.8%Not comparable
CodingQwen3.7 Plus wins
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.7 PlusResult
SciCodeSource 47.3%51.3%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
AA Coding IndexSource 42.3%55.9%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
AA-SciCodeSource 47.3%45.5%Grok 4.3 leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source —70.3%Not comparable
SWE-bench VerifiedSource —77.7%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource —57.6%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource —75.8%Not comparable
NL2RepoSource —41.1%Not comparable
LiveCodeBenchSource —89.6%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.7 PlusResult
AA-LCRSource 64.3%65.0%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
CritPtSource 8.0%9.1%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
MRCRv2Source —91.7%Not comparable
KnowledgeQwen3.7 Plus wins
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.7 PlusResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 37.6%39.0%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
GPQASource 90.1%90.3%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
HLESource 35%34.7%Grok 4.3 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 34.6%22.2%Grok 4.3 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 25.0%25.5%Grok 4.3 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 90.1%90.0%Grok 4.3 leads
AA-HLESource 35.0%33.4%Grok 4.3 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 18.3%2.4%Grok 4.3 leads
GPQA-DSource —90.3%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource —88.5%Not comparable
MMLU-ReduxSource —94.5%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource —71.4%Not comparable
MMMLUSource —89.0%Not comparable
Math
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.7 PlusResult
HMMT Feb 2026Source —92.9%Not comparable
IMOAnswerBenchSource —86.0%Not comparable
ApexSource —22.7%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.7 PlusResult
MMLU-ProXSource —85.4%Not comparable
NOVA-63Source —58.8%Not comparable
INCLUDESource —83.0%Not comparable
MAXIFESource —88.8%Not comparable
PolyMathSource —84.0%Not comparable
MultimodalQwen3.7 Plus wins
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.7 PlusResult
MMMU-ProSource 78.1%79%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 12251288Qwen3.7 Plus leads
AA-MMMU-ProSource 78.1%80.5%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
MathVisionSource —90.3%Not comparable
CharXivSource —85.9%Not comparable
ERQASource —69.8%Not comparable
MedXpertQA (MM)Source —71.0%Not comparable
ScreenSpot ProSource —79.0%Not comparable
SimpleVQASource —81.7%Not comparable
MMSearch-PlusSource —41.4%Not comparable
RealWorldQASource —86.9%Not comparable
OmniDocBench 1.5Source —91.4%Not comparable
OCRBench V2Source —70.7%Not comparable
ODINW13Source —51.1%Not comparable
Video-MME (with subtitle)Source —88.0%Not comparable
VideoMMMUSource —85.4%Not comparable
MLVU (M-Avg)Source —87.4%Not comparable
Inst. FollowingQwen3.7 Plus wins
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Qwen3.7 PlusResult
IFBenchSource 81.3%79.1%Grok 4.3 leads
AA-IFBenchSource 81.3%78.0%Grok 4.3 leads
IFEvalSource —94.6%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, Grok 4.3 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 67.22 to 65.1. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SciCode, where the scores are 47.3% and 51.3%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Grok 4.3 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.1 versus 42.4. Inside this category, AA-Omniscience Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Grok 4.3 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 75.6 versus 47.3. Inside this category, AA Coding Index is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Grok 4.3 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 78.1. Inside this category, Design Arena Website is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Grok 4.3 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 84.5 versus 81.3. Inside this category, AA-IFBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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