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Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT Google

43.5

Rank #92 Confirmed

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 8 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 47.6 to 20.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 82.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024).
  • Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index43.533.7
Released2026-04-022024-08-13
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.0675—
Output $ / M tokens$0.23—
Results tracked2834

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
WeirdML35.2%22.2%
LMArena Coding14471287
LMArena WebDev1359—
SciCode40%—
LiveBench Coding—46.4%
ALE-Bench927.17—

Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Hard Prompts14391272
DTBench74.9%65.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index141.85130.48
SimpleBench—22.7%
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
LiveBench Reasoning—54.8%
LiveBench Data Analysis—54.5%
LMCA29.7%—
LiveBench—54.3%

Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202582.2%11.5%
LMArena Math14701283
LiveBench Math—54.9%
MATH Level 5—63.5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—0.7%

Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
GPQA Diamond73.2%53.8%
LMArena Expert14471254
Confabulations—20.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Vision1260—

Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Non-English14211282
LMArena Chinese14951289
LMArena French14601318
LMArena Russian14341286
LMArena Spanish14171281
LMArena German—1287
LMArena Japanese—1244
LMArena Korean—1237

Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Instruction Following14201270
LiveBench Instruction Following—69.6%

Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Longer Query14281276

Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)

BenchmarkGemma 4 26B A4B ITGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Text14341305
LMArena Creative Writing14021284
LMArena Multi-Turn14411290
Short-Story Creative Writing—63.6%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1305—
LiveBench Language—45.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.

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