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Grok 4 vs Qwen3.7 Max

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 12 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

60.42/100
Margin
12.4pts
winning →
72.84/100
0 category wins1 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Grok 4 #50 (Supported); Qwen3.7 Max #10 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Grok 4 and Qwen3.7 Max share 12 comparable benchmark results. 1 of 8 categories are comparable. 4 results are unique to Grok 4; 46 to Qwen3.7 Max.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
12
Grok 4 only
4
Qwen3.7 Max only
46
Comparable categories
1 / 8

Pick Qwen3.7 Max if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 4 only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 12 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 1 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 Max is clearly ahead on the BenchAlign aggregate, 72.84 to 60.42. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Qwen3.7 Max's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 97.1 against 15.3.

Qwen3.7 Max is the reasoning model in the pair, while Grok 4 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Qwen3.7 Max gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Grok 4.

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 and Qwen3.7 Max
CategoryGrok 4ΔQwen3.7 Max
MathGrok 415.3Margin 81.8Qwen3.7 Max97.1
AgenticGrok 4Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Max69.7
CodingGrok 4Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Max77.9
ReasoningGrok 4Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Max90.4
KnowledgeGrok 4Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Max64.2
MultilingualGrok 4Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Max87.0
Inst. FollowingGrok 4Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Max84.4

Operational comparison

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

MetricGrok 4Qwen3.7 MaxComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok 4Not availableQwen3.7 MaxNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok 454 tok/sQwen3.7 MaxNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok 415.60 sQwen3.7 MaxNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok 4128KQwen3.7 Max1MQwen3.7 Max lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGrok 4Qwen3.7 MaxResult
τ²-bench resultsSource 74.9%94.7%Qwen3.7 Max leads
Gert LabsSource 42.34%64.27%Qwen3.7 Max leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 69.7%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource 64.3%Not comparable
QwenWebBenchSource 1568Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 65.2%Not comparable
BFCL v4Source 75.0%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 76.4%Not comparable
VITA-BenchSource 47.9%Not comparable
HLE w/ toolsSource 53.5%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 30.6%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 38.7%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1273Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource 18.7%Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 908Not comparable
AA AutomationBenchSource 25.6%Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 45.0%Not comparable
AA ITBenchSource 42.5%Not comparable
terminalBenchHardSource 50.8%Not comparable
aaTerminalBench21Source 74.5%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 83.4%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGrok 4Qwen3.7 MaxResult
React Native EvalsSource 72.6%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 45.7%48.8%Qwen3.7 Max leads
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 80.4%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 60.6%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 78.3%Not comparable
NL2RepoSource 47.2%Not comparable
SciCodeSource 53.5%Not comparable
LiveCodeBenchSource 91.6%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 69.7%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 66.0%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok 4Qwen3.7 MaxResult
AA-LCRSource 68.0%69.0%Qwen3.7 Max leads
CritPtSource 2.0%13.4%Qwen3.7 Max leads
MRCRv2Source 90.4%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkGrok 4Qwen3.7 MaxResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 33.3%46.0%Qwen3.7 Max leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 87.7%92.3%Qwen3.7 Max leads
AA-HLESource 23.9%38.1%Qwen3.7 Max leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 3.8%14.1%Qwen3.7 Max leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 41.4%30.1%Grok 4 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 64.2%22.9%Qwen3.7 Max leads
GPQASource 92.4%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 92.4%Not comparable
HLESource 41.4%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 89.6%Not comparable
MMLU-ReduxSource 95%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource 73.6%Not comparable
MMMLUSource 90.3%Not comparable
MathQwen3.7 Max wins
BenchmarkGrok 4Qwen3.7 MaxResult
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 19.655%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 2.083%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source 97.1%Not comparable
IMOAnswerBenchSource 90.0%Not comparable
ApexSource 44.5%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkGrok 4Qwen3.7 MaxResult
MMLU-ProXSource 87%Not comparable
NOVA-63Source 59.0%Not comparable
INCLUDESource 86.2%Not comparable
MAXIFESource 89.2%Not comparable
PolyMathSource 86.5%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGrok 4Qwen3.7 MaxResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 68.8%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1293Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGrok 4Qwen3.7 MaxResult
AA-IFBenchSource 53.7%80.5%Qwen3.7 Max leads
IFEvalSource 94.3%Not comparable
IFBenchSource 79.1%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (2)

Which is better, Grok 4 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 72.84 to 60.42.

Which is better for math, Grok 4 or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 97.1 versus 15.3. Grok 4 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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