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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Grok 4.1

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Grok 4.1 xAI

41.5

Rank #134 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Grok 4.1 in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 29.5.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashGrok 4.1
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index54.141.5
Released2026-07-212025-11-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4619

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGrok 4.1
LMArena WebDev15381214
LMArena Coding14911445
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGrok 4.1
APEX-Agents46.9%—
Cybench—39%
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGrok 4.1
LMArena Hard Prompts14851435
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGrok 4.1
LMArena Math15051422
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGrok 4.1
LMArena Expert14881417
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Grok 4.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGrok 4.1
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGrok 4.1
LMArena Non-English14691425
LMArena Chinese15311465
LMArena French15041448
LMArena German14781446
LMArena Japanese14761397
LMArena Korean14311407
LMArena Russian14871434
LMArena Spanish14751438

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGrok 4.1
LMArena Instruction Following14661400

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGrok 4.1
LMArena Longer Query14741416

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGrok 4.1
LMArena Text14791437
LMArena Creative Writing14651411
LMArena Multi-Turn14811437
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Grok 4.1?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Grok 4.1 better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 33.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Grok 4.1 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.

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