Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Grok 3
Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 1 category and Grok 3 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 3 leads 46.2 to 9.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 21% for Gemma 2 9B and 88.7% for Grok 3.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Grok 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 39.9 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2025-04-09 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 40 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Grok 3: 41.9 (#115)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1432 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 53.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 37.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: —, Grok 3: 30.5 (#76)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 29.5% |
Reasoning Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Grok 3: 13.7 (#333)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1434 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | 138.33 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| SimpleBench | — | 36.1% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 61.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Grok 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Grok 3: 38.0 (#145)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | 55.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1391 |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | 88.7% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.4% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 3.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Grok 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Grok 3: 46.2 (#82)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | 75.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1421 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.8% |
| Confabulations | — | 14.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.8% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 65% |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Grok 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Grok 3: 52.3 (#87)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1410 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1448 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | 1460 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1431 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1387 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1373 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1416 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1417 |
Instruction Following Grok 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Grok 3: 75.0 (#73)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1409 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
| IFEval | — | 88.4% |
Long Context Grok 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Grok 3: 38.7 (#192)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1439 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 58.3% |
Writing & Preference Grok 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Grok 3: 55.8 (#141)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1426 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1414 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | 1186 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1425 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 76.4% |
| WildBench | — | 84.9% |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Grok 3?
Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Grok 3 better for coding?
Grok 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Grok 3 share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Grok 3 has 40.