Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Grok 4.3
Updated October 21, 2026. 72 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro for coding: it scores 37.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 22.5 for Grok 4.3.
Pick Grok 4.3 when output tokens cost 4.0x less, or when a solved task costs $0.31 against $0.64.
- Shared results
- 72
- Gemini 2.5 Pro only
- 15
- Grok 4.3 only
- 32
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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, four public coding benchmarks
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro scores 37.0 against 22.5.
2 and 1 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Grok 4.3
Grok 4.3 leads, 24.9 against 16.1.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Grok 4.3
Grok 4.3 leads, 15.5 against 1.6.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Grok 4.3 has a GPQA Diamond result, 91.4%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Grok 4.3 has a MMLU Pro result, 85.8%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Grok 4.3
Grok 4.3 leads, 1196 against 1167.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro takes 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Grok 4.3
Gemini 2.5 Pro $0.0063, Grok 4.3 $0.0025 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Grok 4.3
Gemini 2.5 Pro $0.64, Grok 4.3 $0.31.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 2.5 Pro 37.0 from 2 benchmarks, Grok 4.3 22.5 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 20.3 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- τ²-Bench Telecom: Gemini 2.5 Pro 54.1% against Grok 4.3 97.7%, 43.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 2.5 Pro $10.00 against Grok 4.3 $2.50 per million output tokens, 4.0x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 2.5 Pro takes 1.05M tokens, Grok 4.3 1M.
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 Pro | Bars | Grok 4.3 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 3 | 8 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 5 | 3 | ||
| Math | 2 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 6 | 2 | ||
| Web design | 1 | 5 | ||
| General | 25 | 5 | ||
| All shared boards | 43 | 29 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index38
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Grok 4.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 53.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1226 | 1358 | Grok 4.3 |
| AA Coding Index | 33.3 | 42.2 | Grok 4.3 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.5% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 54.4% | 71.4% | Grok 4.3 |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 0.4% | 19.4% | Grok 4.3 |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 6.8% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 42.0% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 40.6% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| SciCode | 46.3% | 48.3% | Grok 4.3 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 26.5% | 37.9% | Grok 4.3 |
| Terminal-Bench | 32.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| GSO-Bench | 3.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| WeirdML | 54.0% | 49.9% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 944.2 | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1452 | 1415 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1459 | 1416 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1353 | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1235 | 1367 | Grok 4.3 |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1285 | 1375 | Grok 4.3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Grok 4.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 16.1 | 24.9 | Grok 4.3 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.1 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Grok 4.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.6 | 15.5 | Grok 4.3 |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1126 | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1006 | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1059 | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 967 | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 914 | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1007 | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1008 | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1012 | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 37.7% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 6.2% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 15.4% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 18.4% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 54.1% | 97.7% | Grok 4.3 |
| GDPval | 23.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 41.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $574 | $35 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Search | Not measured | 1166 | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index53
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Grok 4.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 91.4% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.1% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 84.4% | 90.1% | Grok 4.3 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 22.5% | 37.2% | Grok 4.3 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 85.3% | 88.8% | Grok 4.3 |
| ARC-AGI | 41.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 18.0% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1455 | 1396 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1452 | 1384 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1453 | 1402 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1274 | 1241 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1281 | 1241 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index23
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Grok 4.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 87.7 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 87.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 84.7% | 93.3% | Grok 4.3 |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 24.6% | 42.8% | Grok 4.3 |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 0.0% | 14.6% | Grok 4.3 |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 11.0% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1450 | 1387 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1454 | 1396 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index62
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Grok 4.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 85.8% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.5% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 63.9% | 79.3% | Grok 4.3 |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 60.8% | 68.5% | Grok 4.3 |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.8% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.9% | 48.3% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 50.6% | 38.1% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 86.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 33.2% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1480 | 1399 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1476 | 1384 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1480 | 1386 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1439 | 1381 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index15
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Grok 4.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1167 | 1196 | Grok 4.3 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1139 | 1192 | Grok 4.3 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1112 | 1174 | Grok 4.3 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1222 | 1180 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1080 | 1125 | Grok 4.3 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1152 | 1187 | Grok 4.3 |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1081 | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1125 | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index255
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Grok 4.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 51.7% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 41.9% | 19.7% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 73.5% | 74.4% | Grok 4.3 |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 43.3% | Only Grok 4.3 measured |
| IFBench | 48.7% | 83.3% | Grok 4.3 |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 69.0% | 75.0% | Grok 4.3 |
| DTBench | 82.4% | 90.7% | Grok 4.3 |
| LMCA | 34.8% | 38.3% | Grok 4.3 |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 83.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text | 1458 | 1397 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1437 | 1366 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1454 | 1380 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | 1229 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: English | 1458 | 1404 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1452 | 1385 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1507 | 1422 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: German | 1487 | 1395 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1461 | 1379 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1434 | 1354 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: French | 1473 | 1411 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1474 | 1399 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1461 | 1399 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1479 | 1398 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1453 | 1406 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1449 | 1393 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1454 | 1385 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1441 | 1370 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1261 | 1235 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1300 | 1257 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1270 | 1235 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1262 | 1222 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1304 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1283 | 1217 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1265 | 1237 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Document | 1421 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Grok 4.3 | 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
Grok 4.3 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Grok 4.3 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Grok 4.3 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 Pro | SpaceXAI Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | xAI | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | June 17, 2025 | April 30, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.25 | $1.25 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $2.50 |
| Coding index | 37.0 | 22.5 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.64 | $0.31 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Pro better than Grok 4.3 for coding?
Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro for coding: it scores 37.0 on the Vibe Coding Index against 22.5 for Grok 4.3. Pick Grok 4.3 when output tokens cost 4.0x less, or when a solved task costs $0.31 against $0.64.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Grok 4.3?
Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Grok 4.3 costs $1.25 and $2.50. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $0.64 and Grok 4.3 $0.31.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Grok 4.3?
Gemini 2.5 Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Grok 4.3 comparison based on?
72 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Pro's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Grok 4.3's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.