# Gemini 4 Carbon vs Grok 4.6

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 4 Carbon and Grok 4.6 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-4-carbon-vs-grok-4-6
- Last updated: October 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemini 4 Carbon and Grok 4.6 share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Grok 4.6 has the lower published output-token price.
- Grok 4.6 has the larger published context window at 500K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 4 Carbon | Grok 4.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | null | 500K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 88.38 | 66.62 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 9 | 23 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $10.00 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Carbon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 70 (Supported · #10/135)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | 53.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.1 Offline | 81.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | 71.0% | 57.0% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| ExploitGym | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | Coming soon | 26.5% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 57.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 13% | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | Coming soon | 1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Carbon public-lane score: 81.1 (Supported · #3/156)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 58.4 (Supported · #21/156)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierSWE v2 | 61.2% | 25.3% | Gemini 4 Carbon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 27.0 fixes | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 65.9% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | Coming soon | 70.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | Coming soon | 61.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 95.6% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | Coming soon | 41.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Carbon public-lane score: 79.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 61.4 (#21/26)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GraphWalks BFS 256K–1M | 96.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | Coming soon | 87.00% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 67.1% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 2.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Carbon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Chartography (no tools) | 72.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 58.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Carbon public-lane score: 88.2 (Supported · #2/179)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 68.5 (Supported · #21/179)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 94.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Carbon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 0.0% | 51.8% | Gemini 4 Carbon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 4 Carbon public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 70.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Carbon | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 65.965% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 31.707% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemini 4 Carbon and Grok 4.6?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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