Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Grok 4 Fast

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Grok 4 Fast xAI

39.4

Rank #167 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Grok 4 Fast in 2 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 22.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 72.1% for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 5.3% for Grok 4 Fast.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash and Grok 4 Fast specifications
Gemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4 Fast
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index54.239.4
Released2026-05-192025-09-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked5430

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Grok 4 Fast: 32.5 (#271)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4 Fast
LMArena WebDev14991159
WeirdML62.6%42.9%
LMArena Coding14921429
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
SciCode53.1%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Grok 4 Fast: 29.5 (#86)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4 Fast
APEX-Agents27.5%—
τ²-bench Banking—15.7%
Cybench—30%
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
LMArena Search—1171
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Grok 4 Fast: 22.2 (#201)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4 Fast
ARC-AGI-272.1%5.3%
ARC-AGI-192.5%48.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14881412
DTBench94.7%82.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46144.2
ForecastBench5960.5
SimpleBench76.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—66.1%
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Grok 4 Fast: 38.9 (#123)

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Grok 4 Fast: 32.0 (#214)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Expert14951411
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—19.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Grok 4 Fast: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Grok 4 Fast: 51.3 (#111)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Non-English14761396
LMArena Chinese15261457
LMArena French14901431
LMArena German14921383
LMArena Japanese14861352
LMArena Korean14511357
LMArena Russian14931389
LMArena Spanish14801415

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Grok 4 Fast: 73.2 (#121)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Instruction Following14671387

Long Context Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Grok 4 Fast: 63.2 (#3)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Longer Query14821415
Fiction.LiveBench—94.4%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Grok 4 Fast: 60.0 (#102)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Text14821407
LMArena Creative Writing14701387
LMArena Multi-Turn14811414
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Grok 4 Fast?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Grok 4 Fast better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Grok 4 Fast share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4 Fast has 30.

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