Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Grok 4.1

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Grok 4.1 xAI

41.5

Rank #134 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 1 category and Grok 4.1 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 leads 62.4 to 51.7.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Grok 4.1 specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.1
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index37.841.5
Released2025-02-052025-11-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3219

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.1
LMArena Coding13221445
LMArena WebDev—1214
LiveBench Coding47.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.1
Cybench—39%

Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.1
LMArena Hard Prompts13241435
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
DTBench52.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
ForecastBench57.1—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Grok 4.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.1
LMArena Math13091422
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—

Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.1
LMArena Expert13051417
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Grok 4.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.1
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.1
LMArena Non-English13231425
LMArena Chinese13391465
LMArena French13471448
LMArena German13061446
LMArena Japanese13011397
LMArena Korean13251407
LMArena Russian13281434
LMArena Spanish13131438

Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.1
LMArena Instruction Following13051400
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context Grok 4.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.1
LMArena Longer Query13201416

Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.1
LMArena Text13301437
LMArena Creative Writing13191411
LMArena Multi-Turn13071437
WildBench79%—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Grok 4.1?

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Grok 4.1 better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 33.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Grok 4.1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.

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