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Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs xAI: Grok 4.20

Summary

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Grok 4.20 benchmark comparison: Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads on average score with 9.6 vs 4.4. Grok 4.20 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.057 vs $0.667. Grok 4.20 is faster at 1.11s vs 18.64s, with pass rates of 98.4% vs 28.6%.

Recommended model: Gemini 3 Flash Preview - It has the strongest score in this comparison (9.6) and the best overall balance of cost and response time across all 2 models.

Last updated at: 2026-07-02

Metric Gemini 3 Flash Preview Gemini 3 Flash Preview medium Release: 2025-12-17 Grok 4.20 Grok 4.20 none Release: 2026-03-31
Score 9.6 4.4
Rank #2 #160
Reliability 10.0 N/A
Consistency 9.7 8.5
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 98.4% 28.6%
Flaky tests 1 0
Total Runs 63 54
Cost per result 3.335 1.570
Total Cost $0.667 $0.057
Input Price $0.500 / 1M $1.250 / 1M
Output Price $3.000 / 1M $2.500 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 37,017 41,313
Output Tokens 2,006 1,923
Reasoning Tokens 214,153 0
Response Time (avg) 18.64s 1.11s
Response Time (max) 117.26s 6.04s
Response Time (total) 391.35s 19.96s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#2 Gemini 3 Flash Preview

medium
Cost
$0.010
Time
17.9s
Tokens
3,236 tok

#160 xAI: Grok 4.20

none
Cost
$0.004
Time
6.5s
Tokens
1,367 tok

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Category Breakdown

Anti-AI Tricks Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.88s 494 330 3,216
Grok 4.20 4.8 10.0 25.0% 0 501ms 1,986 267 0
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 8.6 7.6 88.9% 1 84.40s 8,122 462 161,084
Grok 4.20 1.1 3.1 0.0% 0 1.22s 1,074 312 0
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 22.42s 12,873 351 10,485
Grok 4.20 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 6.04s 17,673 282 0
Data parsing and extraction Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 5.43s 7,548 279 4,893
Grok 4.20 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 522ms 7,749 207 0
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 15.27s 633 12 21,684
Grok 4.20 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 687ms 1,746 325 0
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 5.19s 486 72 1,905
Grok 4.20 4.8 10.0 0.0% 0 659ms 819 83 0
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.04s 615 72 2,709
Grok 4.20 6.3 10.0 50.0% 0 445ms 1,350 60 0
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.05s 558 183 4,365
Grok 4.20 5.3 10.0 33.3% 0 473ms 1,671 198 0
Tool Calling Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 12.60s 5,532 234 1,487
Grok 4.20 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 4.63s 7,245 189 0
Trivia Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 5.50s 156 11 2,325
Grok 4.20 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0 0ms 0 0 0

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