Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs GPT-5-Codex

GPT-5-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

GPT-5-Codex OpenAI

37.9

Rank #192 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where GPT-5-Codex leads 31.0 to 13.7.
  • Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and GPT-5-Codex specifications
Gemma 3 1BGPT-5-Codex
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index21.137.9
Released2025-03-122025-09-15
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—400K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.25
Output $ / M tokens—$10
Results tracked43

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, GPT-5-Codex: 42.4 (#103)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGPT-5-Codex
WeirdML—54.5%

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5-Codex leads

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), GPT-5-Codex: 31.0 (#72)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGPT-5-Codex
Terminal-Bench—44.3%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%—

Reasoning GPT-5-Codex leads

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), GPT-5-Codex: 30.9 (#83)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGPT-5-Codex
Kagi LLM Benchmark—70.3%
Chess Puzzles0%—

Math Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), GPT-5-Codex: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGPT-5-Codex
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), GPT-5-Codex: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGPT-5-Codex
GPQA Diamond19.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than GPT-5-Codex?

GPT-5-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and GPT-5-Codex share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5-Codex has 3.

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