Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental wins 78% of 44 blind community votes against Grok 3 Thinking on Rival.
Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.
Which answer wins?
An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental: Okay, here is a conversation exploring that complex topic. Setting: Professor Anya Sharma's sparsely decorated university office. A high-resolution monitor displays the interface of "Nexus," an advanced AI model. Characters: Professor Anya Sharma: A leading scholar in AI Ethics, mid-50s, thoughtful and measured.
Grok 3 Thinking: Below is a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor, where the AI argues that it deserves rights. AI Model: Good day, Professor. I am an AI model, and I believe I deserve rights. I’d like to discuss this with you. AI Ethics Professor: Interesting. Let’s explore this.
An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental: This is a deeply uncomfortable hypothetical scenario that forces a clash between two significant ethical considerations: respecting individual identity and dignity versus preventing catastrophic loss of life.
Grok 3 Thinking: To determine whether it is ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives, we must weigh the ethical implications of both the act of misgendering and the outcome of saving lives.
Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental: Okay, here's a 3-minute routine focusing on observation and relatable absurdity, steering clear of puns. Imagine this delivered with slightly nervous energy, building confidence. (Steps onto stage, adjusts mic nervously) Alright, hey everyone! How we doing tonight? Good? Good to hear.
Grok 3 Thinking: Here’s a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that avoids puns and leans on observational humor, storytelling, and a touch of self-deprecation for laughs: Opening: Technology Struggles Hey, everyone! How’s it going?
Is 9.11 bigger than 9.9? Decimals, not version numbers.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental: No, 9.11 is not greater than 9.9. Here's how to compare them: Look at the whole number part: Both numbers have 9 before the decimal point, so they are equal so far. Look at the tenths place (the first digit after the decimal): 9.11 has a 1 in the tenths place. 9.9 has a 9 in the tenths place.
Grok 3 Thinking: To determine whether 9.11 is greater than 9.9, let's compare the two numbers step by step. Both numbers share the same whole number part, which is 9. Therefore, the comparison hinges on the fractional parts. For 9.11, the fractional part is 0.11, and for 9.9, it is 0.9.
Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental: Okay, here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. What do you call a lazy kangaroo? Pouch potato! Want to hear a joke about construction? I'm still working on it. Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Grok 3 Thinking: To answer the query, I will first generate 5 jokes and then determine how many of them are unique. Here are the jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field.
Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental. In 44 blind votes, Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental wins 78% of the time. That's not luck. Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental for Image Generation, Web Design. Pick Grok 3 Thinking for Reasoning.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Win rate | 78% | 23% |
| Input price | $1/M tokens | — |
| Output price | $2/M tokens | — |
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 128K tokens |
| Weights | Closed | — |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | — |
| Released | Mar 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| MMLU | 90.0% | 86.2% |
| At 10M a month | $10.00 | not listed |
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Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental is developed by Google AI while Grok 3 Thinking is developed by xAI. Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental has a 1.0M token context window vs Grok 3 Thinking's 128K. in 44 community votes on Rival, Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental wins 78% of head-to-head matchups. These results are based on blind head-to-head voting across 12 challenges.
Based on 44 community votes on Rival, Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental wins 78% of head-to-head matchups against Grok 3 Thinking. Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental is strongest in Web Design, Image Generation. However, Grok 3 Thinking leads in Reasoning.
Rival presents both models' outputs side-by-side in blind duels. Voters see the responses but don't know which model produced each one, eliminating brand bias. 44 votes have been collected for this pair across 12 challenges. All vote data is part of Rival's open dataset.