# Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Grok 4.20

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash and Grok 4.20 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-grok-4-20-beta
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 12
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Gemini 3.5 Flash leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher overall point estimate 63.95 to 59.19. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 87.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 35.6 for Grok 4.20.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Vibe Code Bench in Coding, with scores of 48.68% and 4.06%.
- Grok 4.20 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Grok 4.20 also has the larger context window at 2M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Grok 4.20 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 2M |
| Overall Score | 63.95 | 59.19 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 23 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $9.00 | $1.25 / $2.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #42/119)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 24 (Supported · #93/119)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 56.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | 57.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | 38.36% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.2% | 44.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 47.1% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 52.3 (Supported · #39/144)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 23 (Supported · #114/144)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 51.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Vibe Code Bench | 48.68% | 4.06% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| cursorBench31 | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.6% | 84.3% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 78.8% | 72.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 76.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 62.8 (#20/27)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 41.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR 1M | 26.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | 53.3% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 0.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 87.8 (#6/49)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 35.6 (#44/49)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 84.2% | 60.9% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MMMU-Pro | 83.6% | 75.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 54.1% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 57.4% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 64 (Supported · #30/171)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 50.2 (Supported · #64/171)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 92.7% | 88.5% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| HLE | 40.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | 88.6% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.5% | 86.3% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 31.6% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | Coming soon | 20.3% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | Coming soon | 50.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 84.1 (#43/125)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 55.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 38.966% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 14.583% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Grok 4.20?

Gemini 3.5 Flash has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.5 Flash and Grok 4.20?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 87.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 35.6 for Grok 4.20.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.5 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.5 Flash currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.20 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.20 currently has 23 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Grok 4.20 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber](/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-cyber-vs-grok-4-20-beta)
- [Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Grok 4.20 Multi-agent](/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-grok-4-20-multi-agent-beta)
- [Grok 4.20 vs Grok 4.20 Multi-agent](/compare/grok-4-20-beta-vs-grok-4-20-multi-agent-beta)

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