Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs Grok 4 Fast

Grok 4 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Grok 4 Fast xAI

39.4

Rank #167 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4 Fast in 8 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where Grok 4 Fast leads 63.2 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 Fast specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index33.139.4
Released—2025-09-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1730

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Grok 4 Fast: 32.5 (#271)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Coding11121429
LMArena WebDev—1159
WeirdML—42.9%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Grok 4 Fast: 29.5 (#86)

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

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Grok 4 Fast: 22.2 (#201)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Hard Prompts11131412
ARC-AGI-2—5.3%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—66.1%
ARC-AGI-1—48.5%
DTBench—82.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index—144.2
ForecastBench—60.5

Math Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Grok 4 Fast: 38.9 (#123)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Math11351419

Knowledge Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Grok 4 Fast: 32.0 (#214)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Expert10961411
Vectara Hallucination Rate—19.7%

Multilingual Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Grok 4 Fast: 51.3 (#111)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Non-English11211396
LMArena Chinese11321457
LMArena French11571431
LMArena German11141383
LMArena Japanese10831352
LMArena Korean10551357
LMArena Russian11181389
LMArena Spanish11401415

Instruction Following Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Grok 4 Fast: 73.2 (#121)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Instruction Following11181387

Long Context Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Grok 4 Fast: 63.2 (#3)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Longer Query11301415
Fiction.LiveBench—94.4%

Writing & Preference Grok 4 Fast leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Grok 4 Fast: 60.0 (#102)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGrok 4 Fast
LMArena Text11561407
LMArena Creative Writing11471387
LMArena Multi-Turn11181414

Frequently asked questions

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

Grok 4 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

They score almost the same on coding (32.3 vs 32.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4 Fast has 30.

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