Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Grok 4 Fast
Grok 4 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 2 categories and Grok 4 Fast in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where Grok 4 Fast leads 63.2 to 40.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 52.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 82.7% for Grok 4 Fast.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Grok 4 Fast | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | |
| Noometry Index | 37.8 | 39.4 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2025-09-19 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 30 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Grok 4 Fast: 32.5 (#271)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1429 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1159 |
| WeirdML | — | 42.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, Grok 4 Fast: 29.5 (#86)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 15.7% |
| Cybench | — | 30% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1171 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Grok 4 Fast: 22.2 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1412 |
| DTBench | 52.5% | 82.7% |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | 60.5 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 5.3% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 48.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 144.2 |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Grok 4 Fast leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Grok 4 Fast: 38.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1309 | 1419 |
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Grok 4 Fast: 32.0 (#214)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | 1411 |
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 19.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Grok 4 Fast: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | — |
Multilingual Grok 4 Fast leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Grok 4 Fast: 51.3 (#111)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1396 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 1457 |
| LMArena French | 1347 | 1431 |
| LMArena German | 1306 | 1383 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1301 | 1352 |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | 1357 |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | 1389 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | 1415 |
Instruction Following Grok 4 Fast leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Grok 4 Fast: 73.2 (#121)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1387 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |
Long Context Grok 4 Fast leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Grok 4 Fast: 63.2 (#3)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | 1415 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 94.4% |
Writing & Preference Grok 4 Fast leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Grok 4 Fast: 60.0 (#102)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1407 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1387 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 1414 |
| WildBench | 79% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Grok 4 Fast?
Grok 4 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Grok 4 Fast better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Grok 4 Fast share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4 Fast has 30.