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Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Grok 4

Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

Grok 4 xAI

48.1

Rank #56 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where Grok 4 leads 63.1 to 38.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 31.5% for Gemma 3n E4b IT and 73.6% for Grok 4.
  • Gemma 3n E4b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3n E4b ITGrok 4
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index37.348.1
Released—2025-07-09
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1848

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), Grok 4: 50.3 (#46)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok 4
LMArena Coding12681408
Aider Polyglot—79.6%
WeirdML—45.7%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, Grok 4: 32.3 (#68)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok 4
Terminal-Bench—27.2%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—63%
GDPval—21.1%
Cybench—43%
DeepResearch Bench—47.3%
BALROG—43.6%
LMArena Search—1142
METR Time Horizons—66.6%

Reasoning Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), Grok 4: 36.7 (#65)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok 4
Kagi LLM Benchmark31.5%73.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts12841409
ARC-AGI-2—16%
SimpleBench—60.5%
ARC-AGI-1—66.7%
Chess Puzzles—28%
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.44
ForecastBench—60.9

Math Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), Grok 4: 48.4 (#64)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok 4
LMArena Math12511422
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—84%
Omni-MATH—60.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—19.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), Grok 4: 53.8 (#55)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok 4
LMArena Expert12461415
GPQA Diamond—87%
MMLU-Pro—85.1%
Confabulations—12.4%
GPQA (HELM)—72.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, Grok 4: 33.7 (#94)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok 4
LMArena Vision—1210
GeoBench—45%

Multilingual Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), Grok 4: 51.8 (#103)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok 4
LMArena Non-English12851403
LMArena Chinese13091427
LMArena French13301418
LMArena German13111429
LMArena Japanese12721394
LMArena Korean12591377
LMArena Russian12881410
LMArena Spanish13051420

Instruction Following Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), Grok 4: 79.2 (#5)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok 4
LMArena Instruction Following12551387
IFEval—94.9%

Long Context Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), Grok 4: 63.1 (#4)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok 4
LMArena Longer Query12761409
Fiction.LiveBench—94.4%

Writing & Preference Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), Grok 4: 58.5 (#116)

BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok 4
LMArena Text13061411
LMArena Creative Writing12871397
LMArena Multi-Turn12761416
Short-Story Creative Writing—76.9%
WildBench—79.7%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than Grok 4?

Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or Grok 4 better for coding?

Grok 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.3 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and Grok 4 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4 has 48.

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