Grok Code Fast 1 vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

Comparing 2 AI models · 5 benchmarks · xAI, Google

Most Affordable
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Grok Code Fast 1
$0.20/1M
Highest Intelligence
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
90.8% GPQA
Best for Coding
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
62.3 Coding Index
Price Difference
10.0x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

5 tests
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Grok Code Fast 1

0

No clear wins

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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

5
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • AIME 2025
Metric
xAI logo Grok Code Fast 1
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Google logo Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)
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Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.20/1M $2.00/1M
Output Cost $1.50/1M $12.00/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$0.53/1M $4.50/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
xAI Google
Release Date Launch date
Aug 28, 2025 Nov 18, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
249.4 tok/s 138.9 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
9491ms 26684ms
Latency Time to first answer token
9491ms 26684ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
48.6 72.8
Coding Index Programming ability
39.4 62.3
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
43.3 95.7
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
72.7% 90.8%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
79.3% 89.8%
HLE Hard language evaluation
7.5% 37.2%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
65.7% 91.7%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
43.3% 95.7%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
SciCode Scientific code generation
36.2% 56.1%
LCR Code review capability
48.3% 70.7%
IFBench Instruction-following
41.4% 70.4%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
75.7% 87.1%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
16.3% 39.0%

Key Takeaways

Grok Code Fast 1 offers the best value at $0.20/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high) leads in reasoning capabilities with a 90.8% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high) achieves a 62.3 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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Grok Code Fast 1

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview (high)

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

Cost Calculator

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$0.00
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