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Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking vs Grok 3 benchmark

Name: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking vs Grok 3 AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (Google) and Grok 3 (xAI) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 1, 2026. On preference Elo, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is ahead by 85 points (1,490 vs 1,405; seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking resolves 66.8% versus 51.4% (seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking streams faster (115 tok/s) while Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the cheaper output token ($0.4/1M). Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has the larger context window (1M tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Google experimental reasoning model that visualizes thoughts in real-time.

Elo 1,490$0.4/1M out

xAI

Grok 3

Previous xAI generation before Grok 4. Kept for grok 3 vs grok 4.

Elo 1,405$15/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (10)vsGrok 3 (0)

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 10W (100%)Overall: Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingGrok 3: 0W (0%)

← Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingGrok 3 →

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,490vs1,405

Coding Elo

1,515vs—

SWE-bench

66.8%vs51.4%

LiveBench

67%vs60.2%

GPQA Diamond

81%vs74.2%

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 5WGrok 3: 0W

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

115 tok/svs88 tok/s

Time to first token

220 msvs250 ms

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 2WGrok 3: 0W

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.4/1Mvs$15/1M

Input price

$0.1/1Mvs$3/1M

Context window

1Mvs131k

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 3WGrok 3: 0W

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Each spoke is a skill. Farther from the center is better (0–100th percentile). Tap any dot to inspect details.

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking 6/6

Preference Elo

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

85 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

27 tok/s faster

Price Efficiency

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

$14.60/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

+6%1,490

EloHigh is better

1,405

Code Elo

High is better

1,515

Code EloHigh is better

—

LiveBench

High is better

+11%67%

LiveBenchHigh is better

60.2%

SWE-bench

High is better

+30%66.8%

SWE-benchHigh is better

51.4%

GPQA

High is better

+9%81%

GPQAHigh is better

74.2%

TTFT

Low is better

+14%220 ms

TTFTLow is better

250 ms

Speed

High is better

+31%115 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

88 tok/s

In $

Low is better

+2900%$0.1/1M

In $Low is better

$3/1M

Out $

Low is better

+3650%$0.4/1M

Out $Low is better

$15/1M

Context

High is better

+700%1M

ContextHigh is better

131k

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Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 97% with Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking$9.50 / mo

In: $3.50Out: $6.00

Grok 3$330.00 / mo

In: $105.00Out: $225.00

Estimated Cost Delta

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is estimated to save $320.50/month ($3,846/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking:Pick Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking:Pick Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.
3
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking:Pick Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking for million-token RAG or long-document jobs.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Higher SWE-bench (66.8%).

High-volume chatGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Lower TTFT (220 ms).

Long-document RAGGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Higher SWE-bench (66.8%).
High-volume chat	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Lower TTFT (220 ms).
Long-document RAG	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking).

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Google

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Elo 1,490

LiveBench67%

SWE-bench66.8%

Speed115 tok/s

Output cost$0.4/1M

xAI

Grok 3

Elo 1,405

LiveBench60.2%

SWE-bench51.4%

Speed88 tok/s

Output cost$15/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or Grok 3?: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,490). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or Grok 3?: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking leads SWE-bench at 66.8% vs 51.4%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking output tokens are $0.4/1M versus $15/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or Grok 3?: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has the lower time-to-first-token (220 ms vs 250 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking accepts 1M tokens versus 131k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking and Grok 3 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking vs Grok 3 benchmark

Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (10)vsGrok 3 (0)

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 10W (100%)Overall: Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingGrok 3: 0W (0%)

← Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingGrok 3 →

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,490vs1,405

Coding Elo

1,515vs—

SWE-bench

66.8%vs51.4%

LiveBench

67%vs60.2%

GPQA Diamond

81%vs74.2%

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 5WGrok 3: 0W

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

115 tok/svs88 tok/s

Time to first token

220 msvs250 ms

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 2WGrok 3: 0W

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.4/1Mvs$15/1M

Input price

$0.1/1Mvs$3/1M

Context window

1Mvs131k

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 3WGrok 3: 0W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Higher SWE-bench (66.8%).

High-volume chatGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Lower TTFT (220 ms).

Long-document RAGGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking).

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Higher SWE-bench (66.8%).
High-volume chat	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Lower TTFT (220 ms).
Long-document RAG	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Both accept images. Defaulting to the higher-Elo side (Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking).

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or Grok 3?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,490). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or Grok 3?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking leads SWE-bench at 66.8% vs 51.4%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking output tokens are $0.4/1M versus $15/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or Grok 3?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has the lower time-to-first-token (220 ms vs 250 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking accepts 1M tokens versus 131k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking and Grok 3 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.