Model comparison
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Grok 4.1
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 1 category and Grok 4.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where Grok 4.1 leads 43.2 to 33.3.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Grok 4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | |
| Noometry Index | 37.0 | 41.5 |
| Released | 2025-06-17 | 2025-11-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 33 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1373 | 1445 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1214 |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 325.9 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 36.9% | — |
| Cybench | — | 39% |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1377 | 1435 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.5% | — |
| DTBench | 62.8% | — |
| LMCA | 18.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.94 | — |
Math Too close to call
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1373 | 1422 |
| Omni-MATH | 48% | — |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1373 | 1417 |
| MMLU-Pro | 53.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 3.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), Grok 4.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1198 | — |
| VPCT | 30% | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1369 | 1425 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1404 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1388 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1389 | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1359 | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | 1360 | 1407 |
| LMArena Russian | 1373 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1396 | 1438 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1367 | 1400 |
| IFEval | 81% | — |
Long Context Grok 4.1 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1373 | 1416 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 47.2% | — |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1379 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1367 | 1411 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1366 | 1437 |
| WildBench | 81.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Grok 4.1?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Grok 4.1 better for coding?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 33.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Grok 4.1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.