Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Grok 4.5
Grok 4.5 leads Gemini 2.5 Flash on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 38.8 to 15.5, and Gemini 2.5 Flash costs 2.4x less per output token ($2.50 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 59 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 2.5 Flash or Grok 4.5: which to pick
Only Grok 4.5 has a coding score, 58.6 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemini 2.5 Flash has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Gemini 2.5 Flash for output tokens 2.4x cheaper ($2.50 vs $6.00 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.466 against $0.62).
- Shared results
- 59
- Gemini 2.5 Flash only
- 14
- Grok 4.5 only
- 64
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Grok 4.5 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Grok 4.5
Grok 4.5 leads, 38.8 against 15.5.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Grok 4.5 has a AA Agentic Index result, 41.2.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Grok 4.5 has a GPQA Diamond result, 92.9%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Grok 4.5 has a MMLU Pro result, 89.2%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Grok 4.5
Grok 4.5 leads, 1281 against 1074.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash takes 1.05M tokens against 500K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash $0.0015, Grok 4.5 $0.0050 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash $0.466, Grok 4.5 $0.62.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 2.5 Flash not benchmarked, Grok 4.5 58.6 from 6 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Web design, 28.4 points apart on average over 7 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ARC-AGI: Gemini 2.5 Flash 33.3% against Grok 4.5 87.2%, 53.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 2.5 Flash $2.50 against Grok 4.5 $6.00 per million output tokens, 2.4x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 2.5 Flash takes 1.05M tokens, Grok 4.5 500K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Bars | Grok 4.5 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 11 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 6 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 7 | ||
| General | 1 | 27 | ||
| All shared boards | 1 | 58 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Grok 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 28.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 94.3% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1553 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 72.4 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.3% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.6% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 8.6% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.0% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 36.6% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 40.6% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.8% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.0% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.0% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 69.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 55.0% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 17.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 42.4% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 46.4% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1309.3 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1423 | 1474 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1425 | 1471 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1556 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1567 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1562 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 6.5% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Grok 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 15.5 | 38.8 | Grok 4.5 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.9 | 154.1 | Grok 4.5 |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Grok 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 41.2 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1218 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1249 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1221 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1242 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1229 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1236 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1204 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1233 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 85.9% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 44.0% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 27.9% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.8% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 48.4% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 24.9% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.0% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.9% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | Not measured | 6.3% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 31.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 56.2% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| BALROG | 33.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| PostTrainBench | Not measured | 23.4% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $549 | $3,887 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Search | Not measured | 1216 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 56.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| BrowseComp-Plus | 39.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index011
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Grok 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 92.9% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 87.2% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.8% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 79.0% | 93.1% | Grok 4.5 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 12.1% | 42.7% | Grok 4.5 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 93.4% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| ARC-AGI | 33.3% | 87.2% | Grok 4.5 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 2.5% | 52.6% | Grok 4.5 |
| SimpleBench | 41.2% | 70.0% | Grok 4.5 |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 35.0% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1422 | 1462 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1426 | 1465 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1420 | 1464 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1245 | 1304 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1244 | 1295 | Grok 4.5 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 56.8% | 83.5% | Grok 4.5 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Grok 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 73.3 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 73.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 97.8% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 57.2% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 24.4% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 31.0% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1411 | 1460 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1422 | 1482 | Grok 4.5 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Grok 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 89.2% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.0% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.4% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.7% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.8% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 40.4% | 43.3% | Grok 4.5 |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 83.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 48.3% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1433 | 1464 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1428 | 1440 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1430 | 1463 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1404 | 1441 | Grok 4.5 |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 47.2% | 50.2% | Grok 4.5 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Grok 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1074 | 1281 | Grok 4.5 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1005 | 1279 | Grok 4.5 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1005 | 1263 | Grok 4.5 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1060 | 1266 | Grok 4.5 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1021 | 1257 | Grok 4.5 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1059 | 1275 | Grok 4.5 |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1020 | 1215 | Grok 4.5 |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1257 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 78.1% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index127
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Grok 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 73.0% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 44.8% | 35.0% | Gemini 2.5 Flash |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 83.0% | 86.9% | Grok 4.5 |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 63.4% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| IFBench | 50.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 65.3% | 79.3% | Grok 4.5 |
| DTBench | 76.5% | 96.5% | Grok 4.5 |
| LMCA | 27.5% | 45.2% | Grok 4.5 |
| Surface Evolver Bench | Not measured | 74.4% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 22.5% | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1417 | 1448 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1405 | 1445 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1400 | 1442 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | 1287 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1418 | 1453 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1409 | 1440 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1449 | 1495 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1417 | 1448 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1396 | 1430 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1385 | 1406 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1432 | 1457 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1422 | 1451 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1415 | 1449 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1413 | 1432 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1408 | 1456 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1419 | 1462 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1405 | 1445 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1393 | 1434 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1239 | 1285 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1284 | 1345 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1237 | 1293 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1225 | 1276 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1277 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1252 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1241 | 1293 | Grok 4.5 |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1452 | Only Grok 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Grok 4.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemini 2.5 Flash | SpaceXAI Grok 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | xAI | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | June 17, 2025 | July 8, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 500K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.50 | $6.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 58.6 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 6 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.466 | $0.62 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash better than Grok 4.5 for coding?
Only Grok 4.5 has a coding score, 58.6 on the Vibe Coding Index; Gemini 2.5 Flash has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemini 2.5 Flash for output tokens 2.4x cheaper ($2.50 vs $6.00 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.466 against $0.62).
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or Grok 4.5?
Gemini 2.5 Flash costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Grok 4.5 costs $2.00 and $6.00. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 2.5 Flash costs $0.466 and Grok 4.5 $0.62.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Flash or Grok 4.5?
Gemini 2.5 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 500K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Grok 4.5 comparison based on?
59 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Flash's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Grok 4.5's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.