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Model comparison

Gemma 3n E4b IT vs GPT-5.6 Terra

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

GPT-5.6 Terra OpenAI

59.2

Rank #17 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.6 Terra in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.6 Terra leads 81.6 to 35.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 31.5% for Gemma 3n E4b IT and 51.3% for GPT-5.6 Terra.
  • Gemma 3n E4b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.6 Terra
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index37.359.2
Released—2026-07-09
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$12
Results tracked1852

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Terra leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), GPT-5.6 Terra: 57.7 (#19)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Coding12681484
DeepSWE—69.6%
FrontierCode—41.3%
CursorBench—41.3%
LMArena WebDev—1522
SciCode—55%
WeirdML—78.3%
ALE-Bench—1,951

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 40.1 (#25)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.6 Terra
APEX-Agents—58.2%
BALROG—53.2%
GDP.pdf—24.7%
Vending-Bench 2—7,343

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Terra leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), GPT-5.6 Terra: 60.7 (#21)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.6 Terra
Kagi LLM Benchmark31.5%51.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts12841468
ARC-AGI-2—83.9%
SimpleBench—48.9%
NYT Connections (extended)—78.4%
ARC-AGI-1—96.5%
CritPt—30%
Chess Puzzles—54%
Mystery Game Puzzles—35%
DTBench—93.3%
LMCA—55%
Surface Evolver Bench—83.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index—159.62

Math GPT-5.6 Terra leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), GPT-5.6 Terra: 81.6 (#12)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Math12511466
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—86%
FrontierMath Tier 4—70.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—99.7%
ProofBench—74%

Knowledge GPT-5.6 Terra leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), GPT-5.6 Terra: 61.2 (#30)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Expert12461492
GPQA Diamond—93.3%
SimpleQA Verified—43.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, GPT-5.6 Terra: 47.3 (#11)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Vision—1271
Blueprint-Bench 2—30.8%
Furniture Assembly—54.2%
LMArena Document—1472

Multilingual GPT-5.6 Terra leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), GPT-5.6 Terra: 54.4 (#44)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Non-English12851439
LMArena Chinese13091513
LMArena French13301471
LMArena German13111460
LMArena Japanese12721457
LMArena Korean12591425
LMArena Russian12881450
LMArena Spanish13051448

Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Terra leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), GPT-5.6 Terra: 76.4 (#40)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Instruction Following12551454

Long Context GPT-5.6 Terra leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), GPT-5.6 Terra: 44.4 (#68)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Longer Query12761451

Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Terra leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), GPT-5.6 Terra: 70.2 (#23)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.6 Terra
LMArena Text13061447
LMArena Creative Writing12871410
LMArena Multi-Turn12761449
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1855
EQ-Bench 4—1234

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than GPT-5.6 Terra?

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or GPT-5.6 Terra better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 57.7 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and GPT-5.6 Terra share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.6 Terra has 52.

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