Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Grok 4.7

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs 3.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 32 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 32 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 4 categories and Grok 4.7 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4.7 leads 57.8 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 26% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 53% for Grok 4.7.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.7.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 500K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Grok 4.7 specifications
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGrok 4.7
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index41.553.1
Released2026-07-212026-09-21
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M500K
Max output66K500K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$2
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$6
Results tracked3939

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGrok 4.7
LMArena WebDev14401639
SciCode41.3%57.8%
LMArena Coding14531427
FrontierCode—47.6%
CursorBench—46.3%
FrontierSWE—29.5%
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.7 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGrok 4.7
APEX-Agents29.3%54.6%
GDP.pdf10%22.8%
Vending-Bench 2—10,537

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGrok 4.7
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%76.8%
CritPt0%18%
Chess Puzzles22%38%
LMArena Hard Prompts14411413
Mystery Game Puzzles19%29%
DTBench83.5%96%
LMCA37.6%49.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13153.53
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—

Math Grok 4.7 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGrok 4.7
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%53%
FrontierMath Tier 40%17.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%98.1%
ProofBench13%34%
LMArena Math14331407

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGrok 4.7
GPQA Diamond83.3%92.7%
LMArena Expert14351422
SimpleQA Verified—56%

Multimodal Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGrok 4.7
LMArena Vision12681228
Blueprint-Bench 2—32.5%
Furniture Assembly—20.8%

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGrok 4.7
LMArena Non-English14271389
LMArena Chinese14691455
LMArena French14511455
LMArena Russian14431397
LMArena Spanish14421400
LMArena German1454—
LMArena Japanese1427—
LMArena Korean1407—

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGrok 4.7
LMArena Instruction Following14201404

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGrok 4.7
LMArena Longer Query14351413

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGrok 4.7
LMArena Text14351399
LMArena Creative Writing14201391
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15592007
LMArena Multi-Turn14451393

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Grok 4.7?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs 3.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.7's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Grok 4.7?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Grok 4.7 better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 500K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Grok 4.7 share?

32 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.7 has 39.

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