# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Grok 4.20

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Grok 4.20 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-6-flash-vs-grok-4-20-beta
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 4.20 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.6 Flash leads overall 68.39 to 67.13.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 82.5 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 34.6 for Grok 4.20.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 73.8% and 44.2%.
- 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 3.6 Flash | Grok 4.20 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 2M |
| Overall Score | 68.39 | 67.13 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 23 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #41/152)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 26.7 (Supported · #145/152)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld-Verified | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 73.8% | 44.2% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 47.1% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 38.36% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.6 Flash
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 58.6 (Supported · #27/151)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 28.2 (Supported · #141/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 49.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.1% | 84.3% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | 72.2% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 76.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 51.8% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 4.06% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 82.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 34.6 (#43/48)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75.2% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 60.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 54.1% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 57.4% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 76 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 34.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 53.3% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 0.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 3.6 Flash
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 67.9 (Supported · #18/183)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 49.4 (Supported · #85/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | 88.6% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.3% | 86.3% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| 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 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Grok 4.20?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.6 Flash and Grok 4.20?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 82.5 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 34.6 for Grok 4.20.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.6 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.6 Flash currently has 8 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 Grok 4.20 Multi-agent](/compare/grok-4-20-beta-vs-grok-4-20-multi-agent-beta)
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