Model comparison
Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Grok-3 mini
Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Grok-3 mini in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 13.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 91.2% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 16.5% for Grok-3 mini.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok-3 mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | |
| Noometry Index | 54.1 | 41.2 |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | 2025-04-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.75 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3.75 | — |
| Results tracked | 46 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 56.1% | 42.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1491 | 1379 |
| DeepSWE | 46.7% | — |
| FrontierCode | 34.4% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 49.3% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1538 | — |
| SciCode | 52.7% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 715.52 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Grok-3 mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 46.9% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 14% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | 0.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 91.2% | 16.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1485 | 1375 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.25 | 140.35 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 61.3% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 89% | — |
| CritPt | 10.6% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 43% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 30% | — |
| DTBench | 95.5% | — |
| LMCA | 44.9% | — |
Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 94.2% | 77.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1505 | 1386 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 58.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 22% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 70.8% | — |
| ProofBench | 36% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 31.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 90.9% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 5.9% |
Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94.1% | 76.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1488 | 1395 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.2% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 79.9% |
| Confabulations | — | 10.8% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 67.5% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Grok-3 mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1298 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 31.2% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 23.3% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1456 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1469 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1531 | 1387 |
| LMArena French | 1504 | 1357 |
| LMArena German | 1478 | 1349 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1476 | 1342 |
| LMArena Korean | 1431 | 1335 |
| LMArena Russian | 1487 | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1475 | 1381 |
Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1466 | 1357 |
| IFEval | — | 95.1% |
Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1474 | 1372 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1479 | 1370 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1465 | 1342 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1481 | 1355 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 73.5% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1604 | — |
| WildBench | — | 65.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Grok-3 mini?
Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Grok-3 mini better for coding?
Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Grok-3 mini share?
23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Grok-3 mini has 35.