Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) vs Grok 4.3 (Medium)

Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) vs Grok 4.3 (Medium). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemini 3.8 Flash (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
40.90
Total cost
$1623
SpaceXAIGrok 4.3 (Medium)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
24.80
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGemini 3.8 Flash (High)Grok 4.3 (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)40.924.8−39.4% Grok 4.3 (Medium) is 39.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,622.73Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)31.19s19.82s−36.5% Grok 4.3 (Medium) is 36.5% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.75 / $3.75$1.25 / $2.50
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image
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