Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Grok 4.1

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Grok 4.1 xAI

41.5

Rank #134 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 9 categories and Grok 4.1 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 29.5.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Grok 4.1 specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 4.1
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index56.741.5
Released2026-02-192025-11-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked7119

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 4.1
LMArena WebDev14471214
LMArena Coding14841445
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 4.1
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
Cybench—39%
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 4.1
LMArena Hard Prompts14851435
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 4.1
LMArena Expert14851417
GPQA Diamond94.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), Grok 4.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 4.1
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 4.1
LMArena Non-English14771425
LMArena Chinese15291465
LMArena French14871448
LMArena German14911446
LMArena Japanese14931397
LMArena Korean14551407
LMArena Russian14981434
LMArena Spanish14791438

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 4.1
LMArena Instruction Following14661400

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 4.1
LMArena Longer Query14831416
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 4.1
LMArena Text14811437
LMArena Creative Writing14821411
LMArena Multi-Turn14881437
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Grok 4.1?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Grok 4.1 better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 33.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Grok 4.1 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.

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