Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs GPT-4

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

31.3

Rank #277 Confirmed

GPT-4 OpenAI

29.1

Rank #316 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 3 categories and GPT-4 in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads 32.0 to 10.8.
  • Gemma 1.1 7b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and GPT-4 specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITGPT-4
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index31.329.1
Released—2023-03-14
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—8K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$30
Output $ / M tokens—$60
Results tracked1938

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.5 (#284), GPT-4: 31.6 (#283)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGPT-4
LMArena Coding10841254
HumanEval+35.4%79.3%
WeirdML—12.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct—46%
BigCodeBench Complete—57.2%
MBPP+45%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, GPT-4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGPT-4
METR Time Horizons—36.1%

Reasoning Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 20.5 (#238), GPT-4: 17.8 (#289)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGPT-4
LMArena Hard Prompts10711241
Chess Puzzles—4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—12%
DTBench—62.7%
LMCA—17.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—75.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.89
ForecastBench—57.8
HellaSwag—95.3%
WinoGrande—87.5%

Math Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#220), GPT-4: 10.8 (#309)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGPT-4
LMArena Math11071269
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—1.1%
MATH Level 5—23%
GSM8K—92%

Knowledge Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#247), GPT-4: 18.4 (#282)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGPT-4
LMArena Expert10391211
GPQA Diamond—35.7%
MMLU—86.4%
TriviaQA—84.8%

Multilingual GPT-4 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.1 (#273), GPT-4: 40.6 (#215)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGPT-4
LMArena Non-English10521246
LMArena Chinese10611242
LMArena French10651283
LMArena German10541251
LMArena Japanese9711209
LMArena Korean9881184
LMArena Russian10461251
LMArena Spanish10491261

Instruction Following GPT-4 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.0 (#283), GPT-4: 65.3 (#222)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGPT-4
LMArena Instruction Following10571241

Long Context GPT-4 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.1 (#272), GPT-4: 37.7 (#212)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGPT-4
LMArena Longer Query10561244

Writing & Preference GPT-4 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.4 (#288), GPT-4: 34.9 (#268)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGPT-4
LMArena Text10941263
LMArena Creative Writing10601244
LMArena Multi-Turn10401257
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—752

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than GPT-4?

Gemma 1.1 7b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or GPT-4 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (31.5 vs 31.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and GPT-4 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4 has 38.

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