Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

31.3

Rank #277 Confirmed

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 2 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 48.6 to 30.4.
  • Gemma 1.1 7b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index31.333.7
Released—2024-08-13
WeightsOpenProprietary
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Results tracked1934

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Category by category

Coding Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.5 (#284), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Coding10841287
WeirdML—22.2%
LiveBench Coding—46.4%
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Reasoning Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 20.5 (#238), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Hard Prompts10711272
SimpleBench—22.7%
LiveBench Reasoning—54.8%
DTBench—65.2%
LiveBench Data Analysis—54.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—130.48
LiveBench—54.3%

Math Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#220), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Math11071283
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—11.5%
LiveBench Math—54.9%
MATH Level 5—63.5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—0.7%

Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#247), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Expert10391254
GPQA Diamond—53.8%
Confabulations—20.1%

Multilingual Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.1 (#273), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Non-English10521282
LMArena Chinese10611289
LMArena French10651318
LMArena German10541287
LMArena Japanese9711244
LMArena Korean9881237
LMArena Russian10461286
LMArena Spanish10491281

Instruction Following Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.0 (#283), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Instruction Following10571270
LiveBench Instruction Following—69.6%

Long Context Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.1 (#272), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Longer Query10561276

Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.4 (#288), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Text10941305
LMArena Creative Writing10601284
LMArena Multi-Turn10401290
Short-Story Creative Writing—63.6%
LiveBench Language—45.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.3 versus 31.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.

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