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Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Grok 3

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Grok 3 xAI

39.9

Rank #157 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 2 categories and Grok 3 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 3 leads 46.2 to 35.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA (HELM): 50% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 65% for Grok 3.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 3
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index37.839.9
Released2025-02-052025-04-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3240

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Category by category

Coding Grok 3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Grok 3: 41.9 (#115)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 3
LMArena Coding13221432
Aider Polyglot—53.3%
WeirdML—37.2%
LiveBench Coding47.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, Grok 3: 30.5 (#76)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 3
BALROG—29.5%

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Grok 3: 13.7 (#333)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 3
LMArena Hard Prompts13241434
ARC-AGI-2—0%
SimpleBench—36.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—61.3%
ARC-AGI-1—5.5%
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
DTBench52.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—138.33
ForecastBench57.1—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Grok 3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Grok 3: 38.0 (#145)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 3
Omni-MATH37.4%46.4%
LMArena Math13091391
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—55.6%
LiveBench Math58.1%—
MATH Level 5—88.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—3.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Grok 3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Grok 3: 46.2 (#82)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 3
MMLU-Pro72%78.8%
GPQA (HELM)50%65%
LMArena Expert13051421
GPQA Diamond—75.8%
Confabulations—14.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Grok 3: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 3
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual Grok 3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Grok 3: 52.3 (#87)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 3
LMArena Non-English13231410
LMArena Chinese13391448
LMArena French13471460
LMArena German13061431
LMArena Japanese13011387
LMArena Korean13251373
LMArena Russian13281416
LMArena Spanish13131417

Instruction Following Grok 3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Grok 3: 75.0 (#73)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 3
IFEval82.4%88.4%
LMArena Instruction Following13051409
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—

Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Grok 3: 38.7 (#192)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 3
LMArena Longer Query13201439
Fiction.LiveBench—58.3%

Writing & Preference Grok 3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Grok 3: 55.8 (#141)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 3
LMArena Text13301426
LMArena Creative Writing13191414
WildBench79%84.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn13071425
Short-Story Creative Writing—76.4%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1186
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Grok 3?

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Grok 3 better for coding?

Grok 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Grok 3 share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Grok 3 has 40.

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