# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Grok 4.5

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Grok 4.5 in 6 of 8 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Long context, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).

Gemini 3.6 Flash: $1.5 per 1M blended tokens.

Grok 4.5: $3 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 3.6 Flash: closed weights.

Grok 4.5: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Grok 4.5 in General LLM at #19 against #36.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Grok 4.5 in Reasoning at #24 against #37.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Grok 4.5 in Science at #9 against #14.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Grok 4.5 leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in Coding › Web dev at #34 against #39.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Grok 4.5 in Long context at #26 against #35.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash and Grok 4.5 share #29 in Vision.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Grok 4.5 in Factuality at #20 against #26.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads Grok 4.5 in Abstraction (ARC) at #13 against #21.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash is ranked #9 in Science (since Oct 14, 2026; sources GPQA Diamond; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 2026, Grok 4.5 is ranked #14 in Science (since Oct 14, 2026; sources GPQA Diamond; methodology v1.0).