Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Grok 4.6

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 7b IT Google

30.7

Rank #275 Confirmed

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.8

Rank #19 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.6 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.3 to 19.6.
  • Gemma 1.1 7b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Grok 4.6 specifications
Gemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 4.6
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index30.756.8
Released—2026-08-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—500K
Max output—500K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked1949

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.0 (#279), Grok 4.6: 58.0 (#14)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Coding10841464
DeepSWE—67.5%
FrontierCode—48%
CursorBench—41.4%
LMArena WebDev—1620
FrontierSWE—25.3%
SciCode—56.5%
WeirdML—67.3%
ALE-Bench—1,508
HumanEval+35.4%—
MBPP+45%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#25)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 4.6
APEX-Agents—65.3%
GDP.pdf—17.2%
Vending-Bench 2—9,047

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 19.6 (#235), Grok 4.6: 61.3 (#18)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Hard Prompts10711445
ARC-AGI-2—67.1%
SimpleBench—75.9%
NYT Connections (extended)—80%
ARC-AGI-1—87.5%
CritPt—19.7%
Chess Puzzles—40%
EBR-Bench—30.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—34%
DTBench—97.3%
LMCA—48.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.48

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 29.5 (#217), Grok 4.6: 66.8 (#19)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Math11071416
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—66%
FrontierMath Tier 4—31.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—99.2%
ProofBench—51%

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 27.8 (#242), Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#18)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Expert10391463
GPQA Diamond—94%
SimpleQA Verified—49.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: —, Grok 4.6: 43.9 (#18)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Vision—1265
Blueprint-Bench 2—33.2%
Furniture Assembly—40%
LMArena Document—1452

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#268), Grok 4.6: 53.3 (#67)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Non-English10521422
LMArena Chinese10601479
LMArena French10641458
LMArena German10541425
LMArena Japanese9711383
LMArena Korean9881395
LMArena Russian10461427
LMArena Spanish10491408

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.3 (#278), Grok 4.6: 75.6 (#59)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Instruction Following10571431

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#267), Grok 4.6: 44.4 (#62)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Longer Query10561453

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.6 (#283), Grok 4.6: 62.5 (#77)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 7b ITGrok 4.6
LMArena Text10941427
LMArena Creative Writing10591430
LMArena Multi-Turn10401422

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Grok 4.6 better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 31.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Grok 4.6 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.6 has 49.

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