Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning) vs Grok 4

Comparing 2 AI models · 6 benchmarks · Google, xAI

Most Affordable
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Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning)
$0.30/1M
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
10.0x
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 Preview (Sep '25) (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 Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning)
Google
xAI logo Grok 4
xAI
Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.30/1M $3.00/1M
Output Cost $2.50/1M $15.00/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$0.85/1M $6.00/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
Google xAI
Release Date Launch date
Sep 25, 2025 Jul 10, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
155.2 tok/s 37.2 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
8247ms 9172ms
Latency Time to first answer token
8247ms 9172ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
54.4 65.3
Coding Index Programming ability
42.5 55.1
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
78.3 92.7
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
79.3% 87.7%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
84.2% 86.6%
HLE Hard language evaluation
12.7% 23.9%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
71.3% 81.9%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
99.0%
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
78.3% 92.7%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
94.3%
SciCode Scientific code generation
40.5% 45.7%
LCR Code review capability
64.3% 68.0%
IFBench Instruction-following
52.3% 53.7%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
45.6% 74.9%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
15.6% 37.6%

Key Takeaways

Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (Sep '25) (Reasoning) offers the best value at $0.30/1M, 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 Preview (Sep '25) (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 Preview (Sep '25) (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.