# Gemini 3 Pro vs Grok 4.20

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3 Pro and Grok 4.20 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.20 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3 Pro only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Grok 4.20 leads overall 67.13 to 66.43.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 74.2 for Gemini 3 Pro and 34.6 for Grok 4.20.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gert Labs in Agentic, with scores of 63.23% and 38.36%.
- Grok 4.20 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3 Pro | Grok 4.20 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 2M | 2M |
| Overall Score | 66.43 | 67.13 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 23 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $12.00 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 58.5 (Estimated · #26/152)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 26.7 (Supported · #145/152)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | 63.23% | 38.36% | Gemini 3 Pro |
| JobBench | 11.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 47.1% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 44.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 59.9 (Estimated · #22/151)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 28.2 (Supported · #141/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 14.30% | 4.06% | Gemini 3 Pro |
| 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 72.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Gemini 3 Pro
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 74.2 (#17/48)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 34.6 (#43/48)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 81% | 75.2% | Gemini 3 Pro |
| MathVision | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 81.4% | 60.9% | Gemini 3 Pro |
| V* | 88.0% | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 36.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 34.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 31.1% | 53.3% | Grok 4.20 |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 0.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 64.7 (Estimated · #25/183)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: 49.4 (Supported · #85/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 86.1 (#39/123)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3 Pro public-lane score: 55.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.20 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Pro | Grok 4.20 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 37.600% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 18.750% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3 Pro or Grok 4.20?

Grok 4.20 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3 Pro and Grok 4.20?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 74.2 for Gemini 3 Pro and 34.6 for Grok 4.20.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3 Pro cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3 Pro currently has 12 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.

## Related Comparisons

- [Gemini 3 Pro vs Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think](/compare/gemini-3-pro-vs-gemini-3-pro-deep-think)
- [Grok 4.20 vs Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think](/compare/gemini-3-pro-deep-think-vs-grok-4-20-beta)
- [Gemini 3 Pro vs Grok 4.20 Multi-agent](/compare/gemini-3-pro-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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