Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Grok Build 0.1

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 36.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Grok Build 0.1 xAI

36.4

Rank #216 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 32.2.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview is cheaper at $0.50 / $3 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $2 for Grok Build 0.1.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 256K.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Grok Build 0.1 specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGrok Build 0.1
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index52.336.4
Released2025-12-172026-04-16
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M256K
Max output66K256K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$1
Output $ / M tokens$3$2
Results tracked593

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Grok Build 0.1: 43.1 (#91)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGrok Build 0.1
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
SciCode—50.2%
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
LMArena Coding1460—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Grok Build 0.1: 22.7 (#129)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGrok Build 0.1
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GBAEval—2.4%
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Grok Build 0.1: 32.2 (#77)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGrok Build 0.1
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
CritPt—9.1%
Chess Puzzles40%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1465—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Grok Build 0.1: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGrok Build 0.1
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench15%—
LMArena Math1473—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Grok Build 0.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGrok Build 0.1
GPQA Diamond89.4%—
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—
LMArena Expert1462—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Grok Build 0.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGrok Build 0.1
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Grok Build 0.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGrok Build 0.1
LMArena Non-English1458—
LMArena Chinese1511—
LMArena French1477—
LMArena German1497—
LMArena Japanese1489—
LMArena Korean1443—
LMArena Russian1480—
LMArena Spanish1469—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Grok Build 0.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGrok Build 0.1
LMArena Instruction Following1437—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Grok Build 0.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGrok Build 0.1
LMArena Longer Query1452—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Grok Build 0.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGrok Build 0.1
LMArena Text1466—
LMArena Creative Writing1457—
LMArena Multi-Turn1471—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Grok Build 0.1?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 36.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Grok Build 0.1?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens; Grok Build 0.1 lists at $1 and $2.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Grok Build 0.1 better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 43.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Grok Build 0.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Grok Build 0.1 has 3.

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