Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Grok 4.3

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Grok 4.3 xAI

43.8

Rank #86 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.3 in 9 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.3 leads 52.5 to 35.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 52.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 90.7% for Grok 4.3.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.3
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index37.843.8
Released2025-02-052026-04-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—30K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.25
Output $ / M tokens—$2.50
Results tracked3240

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Grok 4.3: 41.6 (#121)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.3
LMArena Coding13221415
LMArena WebDev—1357
SciCode—47.3%
WeirdML—49.9%
LiveBench Coding47.1%—
ALE-Bench—944.17

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, Grok 4.3: 27.7 (#99)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.3
GDP.pdf—8%
LMArena Search—1165
Vending-Bench 2—35.26

Reasoning Grok 4.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Grok 4.3: 35.9 (#68)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.3
LMArena Hard Prompts13241396
DTBench52.5%90.7%
ForecastBench57.160.3
NYT Connections (extended)—55.2%
CritPt—8%
Chess Puzzles—25%
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
LMCA—38.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.16
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Grok 4.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Grok 4.3: 46.0 (#74)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.3
LMArena Math13091388
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—42.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4—14.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%
ProofBench—11%
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—

Knowledge Grok 4.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#62)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.3
LMArena Expert13051385
GPQA Diamond—88.8%
SimpleQA Verified—33.2%
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#104)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.3
LMArena Vision11001229
Blueprint-Bench 2—0%

Multilingual Grok 4.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Grok 4.3: 50.5 (#120)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.3
LMArena Non-English13231385
LMArena Chinese13391422
LMArena French13471412
LMArena German13061395
LMArena Japanese13011379
LMArena Korean13251356
LMArena Russian13281399
LMArena Spanish13131398

Instruction Following Grok 4.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Grok 4.3: 72.1 (#140)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.3
LMArena Instruction Following13051366
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context Grok 4.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#123)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.3
LMArena Longer Query13201393

Writing & Preference Grok 4.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Grok 4.3: 58.5 (#118)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGrok 4.3
LMArena Text13301397
LMArena Creative Writing13191380
LMArena Multi-Turn13071406
WildBench79%—
EQ-Bench 4—1075
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Grok 4.3?

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Grok 4.3 better for coding?

Grok 4.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.6 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Grok 4.3 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.3 has 40.

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