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Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Grok 3

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.5

Rank #92 Confirmed

Grok 3 xAI

39.9

Rank #157 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 5 categories and Grok 3 in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 47.6 to 38.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 82.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 55.6% for Grok 3.
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok 3
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index43.539.9
Released2026-04-022025-04-09
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.09—
Output $ / M tokens$0.30—
Results tracked2840

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Category by category

Coding Grok 3 leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Grok 3: 41.9 (#115)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok 3
WeirdML35.2%37.2%
LMArena Coding14471432
Aider Polyglot—53.3%
LMArena WebDev1359—
SciCode40%—
ALE-Bench927.17—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: —, Grok 3: 30.5 (#76)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok 3
BALROG—29.5%

Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Grok 3: 13.7 (#333)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok 3
LMArena Hard Prompts14391434
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85138.33
ARC-AGI-2—0%
SimpleBench—36.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—61.3%
ARC-AGI-1—5.5%
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
DTBench74.9%—
LMCA29.7%—

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Grok 3: 38.0 (#145)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok 3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%55.6%
LMArena Math14701391
Omni-MATH—46.4%
MATH Level 5—88.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—3.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Too close to call

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Grok 3: 46.2 (#82)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok 3
GPQA Diamond73.2%75.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%5.8%
LMArena Expert14471421
MMLU-Pro—78.8%
Confabulations—14.2%
GPQA (HELM)—65%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Grok 3: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok 3
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Grok 3: 52.3 (#87)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok 3
LMArena Non-English14211410
LMArena Chinese14951448
LMArena French14601460
LMArena Russian14341416
LMArena Spanish14171417
LMArena German—1431
LMArena Japanese—1387
LMArena Korean—1373

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Grok 3: 75.0 (#73)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok 3
LMArena Instruction Following14201409
IFEval—88.4%

Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Grok 3: 38.7 (#192)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok 3
LMArena Longer Query14281439
Fiction.LiveBench—58.3%

Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Grok 3: 55.8 (#141)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok 3
LMArena Text14341426
LMArena Creative Writing14021414
EQ-Bench Creative Writing13051186
LMArena Multi-Turn14411425
Short-Story Creative Writing—76.4%
WildBench—84.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Grok 3?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Grok 3 better for coding?

Grok 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 39.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Grok 3 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Grok 3 has 40.

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