Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 2 9B vs Grok 4.7

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 9B Google

25.9

Rank #341 Confirmed

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.7 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.7 leads 62.8 to 9.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 0.6% for Gemma 2 9B and 98.1% for Grok 4.7.
  • Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 9BGrok 4.7
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index25.953.1
Released2024-06-242026-09-21
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—500K
Max output—500K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked3539

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGrok 4.7
LMArena Coding11731427
FrontierCode—47.6%
CursorBench—46.3%
LMArena WebDev—1639
FrontierSWE—29.5%
SciCode—57.8%
BigCodeBench Instruct34.7%—
LiveBench Coding22.5%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 9B: —, Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGrok 4.7
APEX-Agents—54.6%
GDP.pdf—22.8%
Vending-Bench 2—10,537

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGrok 4.7
LMArena Hard Prompts11711413
Epoch Capabilities Index119.83153.53
NYT Connections (extended)—76.8%
CritPt—18%
Chess Puzzles—38%
LiveBench Reasoning15.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—29%
DTBench—96%
LiveBench Data Analysis36.4%—
LMCA—49.4%
LiveBench28.7%—
PIQA83.7%—

Math Grok 4.7 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGrok 4.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.6%98.1%
LMArena Math11831407
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—53%
FrontierMath Tier 4—17.1%
ProofBench—34%
LiveBench Math19.8%—
MATH Level 521%—
GSM8K84.9%—

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGrok 4.7
GPQA Diamond27.5%92.7%
LMArena Expert11471422
SimpleQA Verified—56%
BoolQ85.7%—
MMLU72.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 9B: —, Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGrok 4.7
LMArena Vision—1228
Blueprint-Bench 2—32.5%
Furniture Assembly—20.8%

Multilingual Grok 4.7 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGrok 4.7
LMArena Non-English11881389
LMArena Chinese11851455
LMArena French11901455
LMArena Russian12001397
LMArena Spanish12001400
LMArena German1186—
LMArena Japanese1144—
LMArena Korean1137—

Instruction Following Grok 4.7 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGrok 4.7
LMArena Instruction Following11781404
LiveBench Instruction Following52.6%—

Long Context Grok 4.7 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGrok 4.7
LMArena Longer Query11971413

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGrok 4.7
LMArena Text12071399
LMArena Creative Writing12061391
EQ-Bench Creative Writing8412007
LMArena Multi-Turn11931393
LiveBench Language25.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 9B better than Grok 4.7?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 9B or Grok 4.7 better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Grok 4.7 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.7 has 39.

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