Model comparison
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Grok 4
Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 3 categories and Grok 4 in 7 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4 leads 46.5 to 25.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 53.5% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 66.7% for Grok 4.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Grok 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | |
| Noometry Index | 41.8 | 47.8 |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | 2025-07-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 38 | 48 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4 leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.1 (#96), Grok 4: 49.9 (#44)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 39% | 45.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1455 | 1408 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 79.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1440 | — |
| SciCode | 41.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 765.27 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4 leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 28.6 (#82), Grok 4: 32.1 (#62)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 63% |
| GDPval | — | 21.1% |
| Cybench | — | 43% |
| DeepResearch Bench | — | 47.3% |
| BALROG | — | 43.6% |
| GDP.pdf | 10% | — |
| LMArena Search | — | 1142 |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 66.6% |
Reasoning Grok 4 leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#95), Grok 4: 36.9 (#59)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 10.3% | 16% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 53.5% | 66.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | 22% | 28% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1441 | 1409 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.12 | 146.46 |
| SimpleBench | — | 60.5% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 73.6% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 60.4% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 19% | — |
| DTBench | 83.5% | — |
| LMCA | 37.6% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 60.9 |
Math Grok 4 leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#245), Grok 4: 46.5 (#58)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 71.1% | 84% |
| LMArena Math | 1431 | 1422 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 26% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 0% | — |
| ProofBench | 13% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 60.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 19.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Grok 4 leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.0 (#66), Grok 4: 53.7 (#50)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% | 87% |
| LMArena Expert | 1430 | 1417 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 85.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 12.4% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 72.7% |
Multimodal Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 40.3 (#38), Grok 4: 33.1 (#89)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1266 | 1211 |
| GeoBench | — | 45% |
Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.8 (#59), Grok 4: 52.0 (#98)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1428 | 1403 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1467 | 1428 |
| LMArena French | 1452 | 1418 |
| LMArena German | 1454 | 1429 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1428 | 1396 |
| LMArena Korean | 1406 | 1376 |
| LMArena Russian | 1443 | 1409 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | 1419 |
Instruction Following Grok 4 leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 75.0 (#77), Grok 4: 79.4 (#4)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1387 |
| IFEval | — | 94.9% |
Long Context Grok 4 leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.8 (#80), Grok 4: 63.1 (#4)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1435 | 1409 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 94.4% |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.4 (#55), Grok 4: 58.7 (#111)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1436 | 1412 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1419 | 1397 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1445 | 1416 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 76.9% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1559 | — |
| WildBench | — | 79.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Grok 4?
Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Grok 4 better for coding?
Grok 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.9 versus 42.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Grok 4 share?
25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4 has 48.