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Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Grok 4.6

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

29.3

Rank #313 Confirmed

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.6 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.4 to 19.1.
  • Gemma 1.1 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4.6
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index29.356.9
Released—2026-08-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—500K
Max output—500K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked1649

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Coding10341465
DeepSWE—67.5%
FrontierCode—48%
CursorBench—41.4%
LMArena WebDev—1617
FrontierSWE—25.3%
SciCode—56.5%
WeirdML—67.3%
ALE-Bench—1,508
HumanEval+17.7%—
MBPP+23.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4.6
APEX-Agents—65.3%
GDP.pdf—17.2%
Vending-Bench 2—9,047

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Hard Prompts10051447
ARC-AGI-2—67.1%
SimpleBench—75.9%
NYT Connections (extended)—80%
ARC-AGI-1—87.5%
CritPt—19.7%
Chess Puzzles—40%
EBR-Bench—30.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—34%
DTBench—97.3%
LMCA—48.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.44

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Math10471423
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—66%
FrontierMath Tier 4—31.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—99.2%
ProofBench—51%

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Expert9701467
GPQA Diamond—94%
SimpleQA Verified—49.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Vision—1263
Blueprint-Bench 2—33.2%
Furniture Assembly—40%
LMArena Document—1452

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Non-English9881420
LMArena Chinese10121480
LMArena German9441431
LMArena Korean8991397
LMArena Russian9901422
LMArena French—1461
LMArena Japanese—1376
LMArena Spanish—1404

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Instruction Following9921431

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Longer Query10031454

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Text10221428
LMArena Creative Writing9981428
LMArena Multi-Turn9591425

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Grok 4.6 better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Grok 4.6 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.6 has 49.

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