# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Grok 4.6

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.6 Flash and Grok 4.6 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-6-flash-vs-grok-4-6
- Last updated: September 25, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3.6 Flash only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Grok 4.6 leads overall 69.19 to 64.58.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 45.3 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 67.9 for Grok 4.6.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is cursorBench32 in Coding, with scores of 53.5% and 70.8%.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok 4.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 500K |
| Overall Score | 64.58 | 69.19 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $3.75 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 45.3 (Supported · #38/105)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 67.9 (Supported · #8/105)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld-Verified | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 73.8% | 78.3% | Grok 4.6 |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | Coming soon | 26.5% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 57.5% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 13% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 54.6 (Supported · #30/135)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 62 (Supported · #14/135)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 49.0% | 65.9% | Grok 4.6 |
| cursorBench32 | 53.5% | 70.8% | Grok 4.6 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.1% | 88.2% | Grok 4.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | 95.6% | Grok 4.6 |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 27 fixes | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | Coming soon | 61.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 25.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 63.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 57.6 (#16/19)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 91.20% | 87.00% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | 67.1% | Grok 4.6 |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 2.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 82.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 64.3 (Supported · #25/158)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 69 (Supported · #13/158)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | 94.7% | Grok 4.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.3% | 89.4% | Grok 4.6 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.6 Flash and Grok 4.6?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 45.3 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 67.9 for Grok 4.6.

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

Gemini 3.6 Flash currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.6 currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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