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Gemini 3.5 FlashvsGrok 4.5
Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 3 of 5 shared benchmarks. Grok 4.5 is 1.3x cheaper per token. Gemini 3.5 Flash has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
3 – 2
Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Cheaper per token
Grok 4.5
1.3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 3.5 Flash
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Google · xAI
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google · released 2026-05-19
textvisionaudio
Quality
Benchmark matrix
5 shared · 10 only Gemini 3.5 Flash · 1 only Grok 4.5| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Grok 4.5 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 5 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 92.8% ↗epoch | 93.4% ↗epoch | -0.6 pt | Grok 4.5 |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 26.8% ↗epoch | 24.4% ↗epoch | +2.4 pt | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 62.8% ↗epoch | 57.2% ↗epoch | +5.6 pt | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 95.6% ↗epoch | 97.8% ↗epoch | -2.2 pt | Grok 4.5 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.2% ↗epoch | 48.3% ↗epoch | +17.9 pt | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Only Gemini 3.5 Flash reports · 10 | ||||
| AIME 2026 | 95% ↗matharena ⚠ | not reported | — | — |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GDPVal-AA | 1656 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (full set, text + MM) | 40.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MCP Atlas | 83.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MMMU-Pro | 83.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro (Public) | 55.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 79.3% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-bench 2.1 | 76.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Grok 4.5 reports · 1 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1450.1 ↗ | — | — |
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 minus Grok 4.5 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 | Grok 4.5 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 500K tokens | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Max output | 66K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1.5 ↗ | $2 ↗ | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Output price / 1M | $9 ↗ | $6 ↗ | Grok 4.5 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.15 ↗ | $0.3 ↗ | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $10.5 | $8 | Grok 4.5 |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text · vision | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Released | 2026-05-19 | 2026-07-08 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 15 | 6 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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