Model comparison

Gemma 3n E4b IT vs GPT-5.1-Codex

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI

38.6

Rank #186 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.1-Codex leads 41.9 to 37.0.
  • Gemma 3n E4b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3n E4b IT and GPT-5.1-Codex specifications
Gemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.1-Codex
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index37.338.6
Released—2025-11-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—400K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.25
Output $ / M tokens—$10
Results tracked186

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1-Codex leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), GPT-5.1-Codex: 41.9 (#116)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.1-Codex
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—66%
LMArena WebDev—1337
LMArena Coding1268—
ALE-Bench—1,245

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, GPT-5.1-Codex: 38.0 (#33)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.1-Codex
Terminal-Bench—60.4%
METR Time Horizons—70.8%

Reasoning Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.1-Codex
Kagi LLM Benchmark31.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1284—

Math Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), GPT-5.1-Codex: 30.3 (#235)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.1-Codex
ProofBench—9%
LMArena Math1251—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Expert1246—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Non-English1285—
LMArena Chinese1309—
LMArena French1330—
LMArena German1311—
LMArena Japanese1272—
LMArena Korean1259—
LMArena Russian1288—
LMArena Spanish1305—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Instruction Following1255—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Longer Query1276—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), GPT-5.1-Codex: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGPT-5.1-Codex
LMArena Text1306—
LMArena Creative Writing1287—
LMArena Multi-Turn1276—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than GPT-5.1-Codex?

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or GPT-5.1-Codex better for coding?

GPT-5.1-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and GPT-5.1-Codex share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.1-Codex has 6.

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