Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning) vs Grok 4

Comparing 2 AI models · 6 benchmarks · Google, xAI

Most Affordable
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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning)
$0.10/1M
Highest Intelligence
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Grok 4
87.7% GPQA
Best for Coding
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Grok 4
55.1 Coding Index
Price Difference
30.0x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

6 tests
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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning)

0

No clear wins

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Grok 4

6
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • MATH 500
  • AIME 2025
Metric
Google logo Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning)
Google
xAI logo Grok 4
xAI
Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.10/1M $3.00/1M
Output Cost $0.40/1M $15.00/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$0.18/1M $6.00/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
Google xAI
Release Date Launch date
Jun 17, 2025 Jul 10, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
37.2 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
9172ms
Latency Time to first answer token
9172ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
40.1 65.3
Coding Index Programming ability
27.6 55.1
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
53.3 92.7
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
62.5% 87.7%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
75.9% 86.6%
HLE Hard language evaluation
6.4% 23.9%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
59.3% 81.9%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
96.9% 99.0%
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
53.3% 92.7%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
70.3% 94.3%
SciCode Scientific code generation
19.3% 45.7%
LCR Code review capability
51.3% 68.0%
IFBench Instruction-following
49.9% 53.7%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
18.4% 74.9%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
4.3% 37.6%

Key Takeaways

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning) offers the best value at $0.10/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Grok 4 leads in reasoning capabilities with a 87.7% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

Grok 4 achieves a 55.1 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning)

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
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Grok 4

  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development

Cost Calculator

Google logo Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Reasoning)
$0.00
per month
xAI logo Grok 4
$0.00
per month

Costs are estimates based on API pricing. Actual costs may vary based on caching, batch processing, and volume discounts.