Model comparison

Gemma 3 4B vs Grok 4

Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 4B Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Grok 4 xAI

48.1

Rank #56 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4 leads 53.8 to 11.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 7.5% for Gemma 3 4B and 84% for Grok 4.
  • Gemma 3 4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 4B and Grok 4 specifications
Gemma 3 4BGrok 4
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index28.148.1
Released2025-03-122025-07-09
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K—
Max output4K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.04—
Output $ / M tokens$0.08—
Results tracked2248

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215), Grok 4: 50.3 (#46)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGrok 4
LMArena Coding12301408
Aider Polyglot—79.6%
WeirdML—45.7%

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142), Grok 4: 32.3 (#68)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGrok 4
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard19.6%63%
Terminal-Bench—27.2%
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 3 4B: 13.2 (#335), Grok 4: 36.7 (#65)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGrok 4
Kagi LLM Benchmark25.2%73.6%
Chess Puzzles0%28%
LMArena Hard Prompts12531409
Epoch Capabilities Index116.02146.44
ARC-AGI-2—16%
SimpleBench—60.5%
ARC-AGI-1—66.7%
DTBench50.9%—
LMCA2.8%—
ForecastBench—60.9

Math Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292), Grok 4: 48.4 (#64)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGrok 4
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20257.5%84%
LMArena Math12391422
Omni-MATH—60.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—19.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299), Grok 4: 53.8 (#55)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGrok 4
GPQA Diamond23.2%87%
LMArena Expert12231415
MMLU-Pro—85.1%
Confabulations—12.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.4%—
GPQA (HELM)—72.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: —, Grok 4: 33.7 (#94)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGrok 4
LMArena Vision—1210
GeoBench—45%

Multilingual Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194), Grok 4: 51.8 (#103)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGrok 4
LMArena Non-English12731403
LMArena German12811429
LMArena Russian12941410
LMArena Chinese—1427
LMArena French—1418
LMArena Japanese—1394
LMArena Korean—1377
LMArena Spanish—1420

Instruction Following Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225), Grok 4: 79.2 (#5)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGrok 4
LMArena Instruction Following12391387
IFEval—94.9%

Long Context Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194), Grok 4: 63.1 (#4)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGrok 4
LMArena Longer Query12731409
Fiction.LiveBench—94.4%

Writing & Preference Grok 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239), Grok 4: 58.5 (#116)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGrok 4
LMArena Text12911411
LMArena Creative Writing12711397
LMArena Multi-Turn12551416
Short-Story Creative Writing—76.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1068—
WildBench—79.7%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 4B better than Grok 4?

Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 3 4B or Grok 4 better for coding?

Grok 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.3 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Grok 4 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4 has 48.

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