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Google Gemini 3.5 Flash VS xAI Grok 4.5

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

👑Our Take

Grok 4.5 is the superior choice here. It holds a 5.2% average lead in benchmarks while actually being more cost-effective (saving 1.1x on API costs compared to Gemini 3.5 Flash). Unless you have specific provider lock-in, go with Grok 4.5.
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Model Specs

Gemini 3.5 Flash

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
55.1%

excellent at multi-file repositories, autonomous agents, and industrial codebases

Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
92.2%

graduate-level science QA

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$3.38Input: $1.50 | Output: $9.00
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1.05M tokens
Model Specs

Grok 4.5

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+9.6%)
64.7%

excellent at multi-file repositories, autonomous agents, and industrial codebases

Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+0.8%)
93%

graduate-level science QA

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)1.1x cheaper
$3.00Input: $2.00 | Output: $6.00
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500k tokens

Frequently Asked Questions about Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Grok 4.5 comparison

Grok 4.5 is cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash. Grok 4.5 has a blended cost of $3.00/1M tokens, which is about 1.1x cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash at $3.38/1M tokens.

Grok 4.5 is better for coding tasks on this benchmark. It scores 64.7% on swe-bench-pro (excellent at multi-file repositories, autonomous agents, and industrial codebases) compared to Gemini 3.5 Flash which scores 55.1%.