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Gemini 3 Flash vs Grok 4.5

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

Pricing

Side-by-side pricing

Gemini 3 Flash

Fast / Budget

Grok 4.5

Flagship
Input $/MTok
$0.50
$2.00
Output $/MTok
$3.00
$6.00
Cache discount
90% off
85% 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
65
vs
61
Code Review
62
vs
0
Summarization
83
vs
71
Q&A
82
vs
0
Extraction
86
vs
72
Reasoning
58
vs
87
Classification
88
vs
0
Creative Writing
52
vs
74
Gemini 3 Flash
Grok 4.5

Guidance

When to use Gemini 3 Flash vs Grok 4.5

Choose Gemini 3 Flash when...

  • -You need strong extraction (confidence 86 vs 72)
  • -You need strong summarization (confidence 83 vs 71)
  • -You need strong code generation (confidence 65 vs 61)
  • -Cost matters: 75% cheaper on input tokens
  • -You need a larger context window (1.0M vs 500K)

Choose Grok 4.5 when...

  • -You need strong reasoning (confidence 87 vs 58)
  • -You need strong creative writing (confidence 74 vs 52)

At scale

Cost at scale

Estimated cost assuming a seventy percent input and thirty percent output token split.
Gemini 3 Flash
Grok 4.5
100K tokens
$0.13Cheaper
$0.32
1M tokens
$1.25Cheaper
$6.40
10M tokens
$12.50Cheaper
$64.00

FAQ

When should I use Gemini 3 Flash instead of Grok 4.5?

Gemini 3 Flash outperforms Grok 4.5 for Extraction, Summarization, Code Generation. It costs $0.50/$3.00 per million tokens (input/output).

Is Grok 4.5 cheaper than Gemini 3 Flash?

Grok 4.5 input costs $2.00/MTok, which is 300% more than Gemini 3 Flash at $0.50/MTok.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 3 Flash and Grok 4.5?

Gemini 3 Flash has a 1.0M token context window. Grok 4.5 has a 500K token context window.

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