Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs Grok 4

Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Grok 4 xAI

48.1

Rank #56 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where Grok 4 leads 63.1 to 34.3.
  • Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and Grok 4 specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITGrok 4
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index33.148.1
Released—2025-07-09
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1748

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Grok 4: 50.3 (#46)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4
LMArena Coding11121408
Aider Polyglot—79.6%
WeirdML—45.7%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Grok 4: 32.3 (#68)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4
Terminal-Bench—27.2%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—63%
GDPval—21.1%
Cybench—43%
DeepResearch Bench—47.3%
BALROG—43.6%
LMArena Search—1142
METR Time Horizons—66.6%

Reasoning Grok 4 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Grok 4: 36.7 (#65)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4
LMArena Hard Prompts11131409
ARC-AGI-2—16%
SimpleBench—60.5%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—73.6%
ARC-AGI-1—66.7%
Chess Puzzles—28%
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.44
ForecastBench—60.9

Math Grok 4 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Grok 4: 48.4 (#64)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4
LMArena Math11351422
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—84%
Omni-MATH—60.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—19.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge Grok 4 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Grok 4: 53.8 (#55)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4
LMArena Expert10961415
GPQA Diamond—87%
MMLU-Pro—85.1%
Confabulations—12.4%
GPQA (HELM)—72.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Grok 4: 33.7 (#94)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4
LMArena Vision—1210
GeoBench—45%

Multilingual Grok 4 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Grok 4: 51.8 (#103)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4
LMArena Non-English11211403
LMArena Chinese11321427
LMArena French11571418
LMArena German11141429
LMArena Japanese10831394
LMArena Korean10551377
LMArena Russian11181410
LMArena Spanish11401420

Instruction Following Grok 4 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Grok 4: 79.2 (#5)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4
LMArena Instruction Following11181387
IFEval—94.9%

Long Context Grok 4 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Grok 4: 63.1 (#4)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4
LMArena Longer Query11301409
Fiction.LiveBench—94.4%

Writing & Preference Grok 4 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Grok 4: 58.5 (#116)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4
LMArena Text11561411
LMArena Creative Writing11471397
LMArena Multi-Turn11181416
Short-Story Creative Writing—76.9%
WildBench—79.7%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Grok 4?

Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

Grok 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.3 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4 has 48.

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