Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) xAI

48.6

Rank #54 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 1 category and Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads 52.3 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 65.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 89.3% for Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning).

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Pro and Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) specifications
Gemini 2.0 ProGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index39.148.6
Released2025-02-052026-02-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—30K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.25
Output $ / M tokens—$2.50
Results tracked1446

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 42.1 (#112)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
Aider Polyglot35.6%—
LMArena WebDev—1375
WeirdML—52.3%
LiveBench Coding63.5%—
LMArena Coding—1459
ALE-Bench—1,150

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 34.4 (#46)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
Terminal-Bench—57.3%
τ²-bench Banking—18%
LMArena Search—1189
Vending-Bench 2—4,663

Reasoning Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.3 (#32)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
Epoch Capabilities Index135.06151.98
ARC-AGI-2—65.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—75%
NYT Connections (extended)—85.4%
ARC-AGI-1—89.5%
Chess Puzzles—24%
EnigmaEval0.7%—
Thematic Generalization—63.8%
LiveBench Reasoning60.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1451
DTBench—90.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis68%—
LMCA—38.7%
ForecastBench—61.4
LiveBench65.1%—

Math Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 48.2 (#65)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—44.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4—17.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—92.2%
ProofBench—14%
LiveBench Math71%—
LMArena Math—1455
MATH Level 583.5%—

Knowledge Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.8 (#60)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
GPQA Diamond65.7%89.3%
SimpleQA Verified—30.2%
Confabulations18.4%—
LMArena Expert—1439

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 33.3 (#98)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
LMArena Vision—1263
Blueprint-Bench 2—0%
LMArena Document—1416

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 54.5 (#40)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
LMArena Non-English—1441
LMArena Chinese—1481
LMArena French—1476
LMArena German—1465
LMArena Japanese—1449
LMArena Korean—1417
LMArena Russian—1458
LMArena Spanish—1443

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 74.8 (#83)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
LiveBench Instruction Following83.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1420

Long Context Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 45.5 (#34)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
Fiction.LiveBench41.7%—
CL-bench—22.2%
CL-bench Life—11.9%
LMArena Longer Query—1437

Writing & Preference Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 65.7 (#44)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
LMArena Text—1451
LMArena Creative Writing—1438
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1574
LMArena Multi-Turn—1456
LiveBench Language44.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) better for coding?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has 46.

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