Model comparison

Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher in 6 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 3n E4b IT leads 35.1 to 20.8.
  • Gemma 3n E4b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3n E4b IT and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) specifications
Gemma 3n E4b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index37.333.7
Released—2024-08-13
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1834

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Coding12681287
WeirdML—22.2%
LiveBench Coding—46.4%

Reasoning Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Hard Prompts12841272
SimpleBench—22.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark31.5%—
LiveBench Reasoning—54.8%
DTBench—65.2%
LiveBench Data Analysis—54.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—130.48
LiveBench—54.3%

Math Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Math12511283
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—11.5%
LiveBench Math—54.9%
MATH Level 5—63.5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—0.7%

Knowledge Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Expert12461254
GPQA Diamond—53.8%
Confabulations—20.1%

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Non-English12851282
LMArena Chinese13091289
LMArena French13301318
LMArena German13111287
LMArena Japanese12721244
LMArena Korean12591237
LMArena Russian12881286
LMArena Spanish13051281

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Instruction Following12551270
LiveBench Instruction Following—69.6%

Long Context Too close to call

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Longer Query12761276

Writing & Preference Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Text13061305
LMArena Creative Writing12871284
LMArena Multi-Turn12761290
Short-Story Creative Writing—63.6%
LiveBench Language—45.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.

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