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Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Grok 4.6

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, task quality, and projected cost at higher scale.

Pricing

Side-by-side pricing

Gemini 3.5 Flash

Fast / Budget

Grok 4.6

Flagship
Input $/MTok
$1.50
$2.00
Output $/MTok
$9.00
$6.00
Cache discount
90% off
75% off
Context
1.0M
500K

Quality

Task confidence comparison

Confidence score from zero to one hundred by task type, where higher is better.
Code Generation
61
vs
65
Code Review
65
vs
0
Summarization
76
vs
70
Q&A
84
vs
0
Extraction
73
vs
72
Reasoning
82
vs
91
Classification
92
vs
0
Creative Writing
75
vs
78
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Grok 4.6

Guidance

When to use Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Grok 4.6

Choose Gemini 3.5 Flash when...

  • -You need strong summarization (confidence 76 vs 70)
  • -You need strong extraction (confidence 73 vs 72)
  • -Cost matters: 25% cheaper on input tokens
  • -You need a larger context window (1.0M vs 500K)

Choose Grok 4.6 when...

  • -You need strong reasoning (confidence 91 vs 82)
  • -You need strong creative writing (confidence 78 vs 75)
  • -You need strong code generation (confidence 65 vs 61)

At scale

Cost at scale

Estimated cost assuming a seventy percent input and thirty percent output token split.
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Grok 4.6
100K tokens
$0.38
$0.32Cheaper
1M tokens
$3.75Cheaper
$6.40
10M tokens
$37.50Cheaper
$64.00

FAQ

When should I use Gemini 3.5 Flash instead of Grok 4.6?

Gemini 3.5 Flash outperforms Grok 4.6 for Summarization, Extraction. It costs $1.50/$9.00 per million tokens (input/output).

Is Grok 4.6 cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash?

Grok 4.6 input costs $2.00/MTok, which is 33% more than Gemini 3.5 Flash at $1.50/MTok.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 3.5 Flash and Grok 4.6?

Gemini 3.5 Flash has a 1.0M token context window. Grok 4.6 has a 500K token context window.

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