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Gemini 3.5 Flash-LitevsGrok 4.3
Grok 4.3 leads 4 of 5 shared benchmarks. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is 1.3x cheaper per token. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
1 – 4
Grok 4.3 leads
Cheaper per token
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
1.3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Google · xAI
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google · released 2026-07-21
textvisionaudio
Quality
Benchmark matrix
5 shared · 0 only Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite · 1 only Grok 4.3| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Grok 4.3 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 5 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% ↗epoch | 88.8% ↗epoch | -5.5 pt | Grok 4.3 |
| LMArena Elo | 1435.5 ↗ | 1397.7 ↗ | +37.8 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 0% ↗epoch | 14.6% ↗epoch | -14.6 pt | Grok 4.3 |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 26% ↗epoch | 42.8% ↗epoch | -16.8 pt | Grok 4.3 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 71.1% ↗epoch | 93.3% ↗epoch | -22.2 pt | Grok 4.3 |
| Only Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite reports · 0 | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite reports nothing Grok 4.3 does not. | ||||
| Only Grok 4.3 reports · 1 | ||||
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 33.2% ↗epoch | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite minus Grok 4.3 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Grok 4.3 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 1M tokens | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Max output | 66K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.3 ↗ | $1.25 ↗ | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Output price / 1M | $2.5 ↗ | $2.5 ↗ | Tie |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.03 ↗ | $0.2 ↗ | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $2.8 | $3.75 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text · vision | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | — | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 5 | 6 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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