Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Grok 3

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

31.3

Rank #277 Confirmed

Grok 3 xAI

39.9

Rank #157 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 1 category and Grok 3 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 3 leads 55.8 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 3 specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 3
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index31.339.9
Released—2025-04-09
WeightsOpenProprietary
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Results tracked1940

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Category by category

Coding Grok 3 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.5 (#284), Grok 3: 41.9 (#115)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 3
LMArena Coding10841432
Aider Polyglot—53.3%
WeirdML—37.2%
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, Grok 3: 30.5 (#76)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 3
BALROG—29.5%

Reasoning Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 20.5 (#238), Grok 3: 13.7 (#333)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 3
LMArena Hard Prompts10711434
ARC-AGI-2—0%
SimpleBench—36.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—61.3%
ARC-AGI-1—5.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—138.33

Math Grok 3 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#220), Grok 3: 38.0 (#145)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 3
LMArena Math11071391
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—55.6%
Omni-MATH—46.4%
MATH Level 5—88.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—3.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Grok 3 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#247), Grok 3: 46.2 (#82)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 3
LMArena Expert10391421
GPQA Diamond—75.8%
MMLU-Pro—78.8%
Confabulations—14.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.8%
GPQA (HELM)—65%

Multilingual Grok 3 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.1 (#273), Grok 3: 52.3 (#87)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 3
LMArena Non-English10521410
LMArena Chinese10611448
LMArena French10651460
LMArena German10541431
LMArena Japanese9711387
LMArena Korean9881373
LMArena Russian10461416
LMArena Spanish10491417

Instruction Following Grok 3 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.0 (#283), Grok 3: 75.0 (#73)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 3
LMArena Instruction Following10571409
IFEval—88.4%

Long Context Grok 3 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.1 (#272), Grok 3: 38.7 (#192)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 3
LMArena Longer Query10561439
Fiction.LiveBench—58.3%

Writing & Preference Grok 3 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.4 (#288), Grok 3: 55.8 (#141)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 3
LMArena Text10941426
LMArena Creative Writing10601414
LMArena Multi-Turn10401425
Short-Story Creative Writing—76.4%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1186
WildBench—84.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Grok 3?

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Grok 3 better for coding?

Grok 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 31.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Grok 3 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Grok 3 has 40.

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