Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Grok 4 Fast

Grok 4 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

28.8

Rank #313 Confirmed

Grok 4 Fast xAI

39.0

Rank #164 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4 Fast in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4 Fast leads 60.2 to 25.3.
  • Gemma 1.1 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Grok 4 Fast specifications
Gemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index28.839.0
Released—2025-09-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1630

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 29.6 (#294), Grok 4 Fast: 32.3 (#264)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Coding10341429
LMArena WebDev—1160
WeirdML—42.9%
HumanEval+17.7%—
MBPP+23.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Grok 4 Fast: 29.3 (#80)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
τ²-bench Banking—15.7%
Cybench—30%
LMArena Search—1171

Reasoning Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 18.2 (#268), Grok 4 Fast: 22.5 (#179)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Hard Prompts10051413
ARC-AGI-2—5.3%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—66.1%
ARC-AGI-1—48.5%
DTBench—82.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index—144.21
ForecastBench—60.5

Math Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 28.3 (#230), Grok 4 Fast: 36.1 (#126)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Math10471419

Knowledge Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.0 (#255), Grok 4 Fast: 31.5 (#211)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Expert9701411
Vectara Hallucination Rate—19.7%

Multilingual Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.7 (#284), Grok 4 Fast: 51.5 (#106)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Non-English9881397
LMArena Chinese10111458
LMArena German9441383
LMArena Korean8991359
LMArena Russian9901387
LMArena French—1433
LMArena Japanese—1358
LMArena Spanish—1414

Instruction Following Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 50.1 (#294), Grok 4 Fast: 73.4 (#116)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Instruction Following9921388

Long Context Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.5 (#281), Grok 4 Fast: 63.2 (#3)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Longer Query10031415
Fiction.LiveBench—94.4%

Writing & Preference Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.3 (#301), Grok 4 Fast: 60.2 (#96)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Text10221407
LMArena Creative Writing9981388
LMArena Multi-Turn9581414

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Grok 4 Fast?

Grok 4 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Grok 4 Fast better for coding?

Grok 4 Fast scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Grok 4 Fast share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4 Fast has 30.

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