Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Grok 4.7
Wins 6 of 8 areas
Reasoning · Facts · Images and charts · Math · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 2 of 8 areas
Coding · Agents
Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger all-rounder.Grok 4.7 is better at coding.
Both rank among the ten best models we track in facts.
Scores updated · 28 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the eight areas we test. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking40Gemini 3.8 Flash4 of 5 tests · 1 tie
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21Gemini 3.8 Flash2 of 3 tests
- MathCompetition and research-level math21Gemini 3.8 Flash2 of 3 tests
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video10Gemini 3.8 Flash1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Gemini 3.8 Flash1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Gemini 3.8 Flash1 of 1 test
- CodingWriting and fixing software02Grok 4.72 of 4 tests · 2 ties
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own12Grok 4.72 of 3 tests
Images and charts, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Gemini 3.8 Flash costs 44% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where Gemini 3.8 Flash pulls ahead
- Abstract visual puzzles that people can solveARC-AGI-2+27.8points ahead
- Unpublished advanced math problemsFrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)+15.4points ahead
- Short factual questions, answered correctlySimpleQA Verified+13.7points ahead
Where Grok 4.7 pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+25.9points ahead
- Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+13.8points ahead
- Complex command-line tasks across many fieldsTerminal-Bench 4.0+6.1points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 28 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGrok 4.7
- LMArena · WebDevGrok 4.7 by 55 rating points15831638+55 rating
- LiveBench · CodingGrok 4.7 by 4.772.577.2+4.7
- SciCodetie56.657.4tie
- LiveBench · Agentic Codingtie54.254tie
AgentsGrok 4.7
- GDPValGrok 4.7 by 13.846.860.6+13.8
- AA IT-Bench SREGemini 3.8 Flash by 10.452.542.1+10.4
- Terminal-Bench 4.0Grok 4.7 by 6.119.725.8+6.1
ReasoningGemini 3.8 Flash
- ARC-AGI-2Gemini 3.8 Flash by 27.889.261.4+27.8
- ARC-AGI-3Gemini 3.8 Flash by 8.610.41.8+8.6
- LiveBench · ReasoningGemini 3.8 Flash by 6.689.382.7+6.6
- Humanity's Last ExamGemini 3.8 Flash by 4.747.843.1+4.7
- CritPttie18.317.7tie
FactsGemini 3.8 Flash
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationGrok 4.7 by 25.944.870.7+25.9
- SimpleQA VerifiedGemini 3.8 Flash by 13.769.756+13.7
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 3.8 Flash by 7.154.647.5+7.1
Images and chartsGemini 3.8 Flash
- MMMU-ProGemini 3.8 Flash by 7.485.678.2+7.4
MathGemini 3.8 Flash
- FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)Gemini 3.8 Flash by 15.468.453+15.4
- FrontierMath Tier 4Gemini 3.8 Flash by 4.921.917.1+4.9
- LiveBench · MathematicsGrok 4.7 by 4.191.695.7+4.1
Following instructionsGemini 3.8 Flash
- LiveBench · Instruction FollowingGemini 3.8 Flash by 6.181.475.3+6.1
Other results7 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- livebench_data_analysisGrok 4.7 by 22.95476.9+22.9
- Terminal-Bench 4.0Grok 4.7 by 18.919.138+18.9
- ARC-AGI-1Gemini 3.8 Flash by 998.589.5+9
- livebench_languageGemini 3.8 Flash by 7.787.880.1+7.7
- AA IntelligenceGrok 4.7 by 5.540.946.4+5.5
- DeepSWE 1.1Gemini 3.8 Flash by 2.773.771+2.7
- AA-OmniscienceGrok 4.7 by 2.429.632+2.4
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Grok 4.7?
Gemini 3.8 Flash wins six of the eight areas we test: reasoning, facts, images and charts, math, long documents and following instructions. Grok 4.7 wins coding and agents.
Which is better for coding?
Grok 4.7. It wins 2 of the 4 coding tests both models report; Gemini 3.8 Flash wins none, and 2 are ties.
Which is cheaper?
Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Grok 4.7 costs $2.00 and $6.00. That makes Gemini 3.8 Flash about 44% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 28 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 21 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 7 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.