Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Grok-3 mini

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Grok-3 mini in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 13.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 84.6% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 0.4% for Grok-3 mini.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 Flash and Grok-3 mini specifications
Gemini 3.7 FlashGrok-3 mini
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index59.841.2
Released2026-08-132025-04-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4435

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGrok-3 mini
LMArena Coding14971379
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
Aider Polyglot—49.3%
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
WeirdML—42.6%
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Grok-3 mini: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGrok-3 mini
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGrok-3 mini
ARC-AGI-284.6%0.4%
ARC-AGI-195.5%16.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941375
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27140.35
Kagi LLM Benchmark—61.3%
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGrok-3 mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%77.8%
LMArena Math15071386
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
ProofBench58%—
Omni-MATH—31.8%
MATH Level 5—90.9%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—5.9%

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGrok-3 mini
GPQA Diamond94.8%76.3%
LMArena Expert15081395
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
MMLU-Pro—79.9%
Confabulations—10.8%
GPQA (HELM)—67.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Grok-3 mini: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGrok-3 mini
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGrok-3 mini
LMArena Non-English14841352
LMArena Chinese15481387
LMArena French15051357
LMArena German14981349
LMArena Japanese15121342
LMArena Korean14831335
LMArena Russian15161353
LMArena Spanish15031381

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGrok-3 mini
LMArena Instruction Following14831357
IFEval—95.1%

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGrok-3 mini
LMArena Longer Query14921372
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGrok-3 mini
LMArena Text14861370
LMArena Creative Writing14901342
LMArena Multi-Turn14891355
Short-Story Creative Writing—73.5%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—
WildBench—65.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Grok-3 mini?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Grok-3 mini better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Grok-3 mini share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Grok-3 mini has 35.

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