Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 1 category and Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads 52.3 to 15.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 1.3% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 65.1% for Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning).
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | |
| Noometry Index | 35.1 | 48.6 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | 2026-02-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 30K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 54 | 46 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 42.1 (#112)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 25.8% | 52.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1350 | 1459 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 13.5% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 38.2% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1375 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.9% | — |
| CadEval | 30% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,150 |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 34.4 (#46)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 57.3% |
| TheAgentCompany | 11.4% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 18% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1189 |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,663 |
Reasoning Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.3 (#32)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | 65.1% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | 75% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1346 | 1451 |
| DTBench | 63.2% | 90.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.36 | 151.98 |
| SimpleBench | 31.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 85.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 89.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 24% |
| EnigmaEval | 1.1% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 63.8% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 78.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.4% | — |
| LMCA | — | 38.7% |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.4 |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | — |
Math Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 48.2 (#65)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | 92.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1352 | 1455 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 44.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 14% |
| Omni-MATH | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 75.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 82.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.8 (#60)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | 89.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1339 | 1439 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 6.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 30.2% |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 55.6% | — |
| MMLU | 79.7% | — |
Multimodal Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 33.3 (#98)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1158 | 1263 |
| GeoBench | 77% | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 0% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1416 |
Multilingual Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 54.5 (#40)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1342 | 1441 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1373 | 1481 |
| LMArena French | 1391 | 1476 |
| LMArena German | 1353 | 1465 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1294 | 1449 |
| LMArena Korean | 1313 | 1417 |
| LMArena Russian | 1351 | 1458 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1363 | 1443 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 74.8 (#83)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1336 | 1420 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 85.8% | — |
| IFEval | 84.1% | — |
Long Context Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 45.5 (#34)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1344 | 1437 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | — |
| CL-bench | — | 22.2% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 11.9% |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 65.7 (#44)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1354 | 1451 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1340 | 1438 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1128 | 1574 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1350 | 1456 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.8% | — |
| WildBench | 80% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)?
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) better for coding?
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) share?
26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has 46.