Model comparison

Gemini 3 Deep Think vs Grok 4.3

Grok 4.3 has enough public results to be ranked (#86); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Deep Think Google

58.3

Unranked Sparse

Grok 4.3 xAI

43.8

Rank #86 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3 Deep Think scores higher in 1 category and Grok 4.3 in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.2 to 35.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 25.7% for Gemini 3 Deep Think and 8% for Grok 4.3.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Deep Think and Grok 4.3 specifications
Gemini 3 Deep ThinkGrok 4.3
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index58.343.8
Released2026-02-122026-04-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—30K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.25
Output $ / M tokens—$2.50
Results tracked340

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Grok 4.3: 41.6 (#121)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGrok 4.3
LMArena WebDev—1357
SciCode—47.3%
WeirdML—49.9%
LMArena Coding—1415
ALE-Bench—944.17

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Grok 4.3: 27.7 (#99)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGrok 4.3
GDP.pdf—8%
LMArena Search—1165
Vending-Bench 2—35.26

Reasoning Gemini 3 Deep Think leads

Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.2 (#14), Grok 4.3: 35.9 (#68)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGrok 4.3
CritPt25.7%8%
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)—55.2%
ARC-AGI-196%—
Chess Puzzles—25%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1396
DTBench—90.7%
LMCA—38.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.16
ForecastBench—60.3

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Grok 4.3: 46.0 (#74)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGrok 4.3
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—42.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4—14.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%
ProofBench—11%
LMArena Math—1388

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#62)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGrok 4.3
GPQA Diamond—88.8%
SimpleQA Verified—33.2%
LMArena Expert—1385

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#104)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGrok 4.3
LMArena Vision—1229
Blueprint-Bench 2—0%

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Grok 4.3: 50.5 (#120)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGrok 4.3
LMArena Non-English—1385
LMArena Chinese—1422
LMArena French—1412
LMArena German—1395
LMArena Japanese—1379
LMArena Korean—1356
LMArena Russian—1399
LMArena Spanish—1398

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Grok 4.3: 72.1 (#140)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGrok 4.3
LMArena Instruction Following—1366

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#123)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGrok 4.3
LMArena Longer Query—1393

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, Grok 4.3: 58.5 (#118)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGrok 4.3
LMArena Text—1397
LMArena Creative Writing—1380
EQ-Bench 4—1075
LMArena Multi-Turn—1406

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than Grok 4.3?

Grok 4.3 has enough public results to be ranked (#86); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and Grok 4.3 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.3 has 40.

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