# Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Grok 3 Mini

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Grok 3 Mini in 2 of 2 shared categories: Long context and Abstraction (ARC).

Gemini 3.8 Flash: $1.5 per 1M blended tokens.

Grok 3 Mini: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

Gemini 3.8 Flash: closed weights.

Grok 3 Mini: closed weights.

- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Grok 3 Mini in Long context at #5 against #183.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Grok 3 Mini in Abstraction (ARC) at #1 against #75.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash is state of the art on best per dollar in General LLM (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, Grok 3 Mini is ranked #75 in Abstraction (ARC) (since Oct 15, 2026; sources ARC-AGI; methodology v1.0).