Model comparison

Gemma 7B vs GPT-5.3 Codex

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.5 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 7B Google

29.5

Rank #295 Confirmed

GPT-5.3 Codex OpenAI

45.5

Rank #61 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 7B scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.3 Codex in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.3 Codex leads 48.5 to 29.9.
  • Gemma 7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 7B and GPT-5.3 Codex specifications
Gemma 7BGPT-5.3 Codex
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index29.545.5
Released2024-02-212026-02-05
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—400K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.75
Output $ / M tokens—$14
Results tracked278

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.3 Codex leads

Gemma 7B: 29.9 (#290), GPT-5.3 Codex: 48.5 (#51)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BGPT-5.3 Codex
SWE-bench Verified—74.8%
LMArena WebDev—1408
WeirdML—79.3%
LMArena Coding1048—
ALE-Bench—1,655
HumanEval+28.7%—
MBPP+43.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 7B: —, GPT-5.3 Codex: 47.8 (#9)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BGPT-5.3 Codex
Terminal-Bench—78.4%
METR Time Horizons—74.5%
Vending-Bench 2—5,940

Reasoning Not comparable

Gemma 7B: 19.0 (#247), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BGPT-5.3 Codex
Epoch Capabilities Index111.74156.84
LMArena Hard Prompts1042—
Adversarial NLI48.7%—
BIG-Bench Hard55.1%—
HellaSwag82.2%—
PIQA81.2%—
WinoGrande79%—

Math Not comparable

Gemma 7B: 28.7 (#225), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BGPT-5.3 Codex
LMArena Math1066—
GSM8K46.4%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 7B: 26.8 (#248), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BGPT-5.3 Codex
LMArena Expert1002—
ARC (AI2) Challenge78.3%—
BoolQ83.2%—
MMLU66.1%—
OpenBookQA78.6%—
TriviaQA72.3%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 7B: 25.3 (#282), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BGPT-5.3 Codex
LMArena Non-English999—
LMArena Chinese1035—
LMArena French1024—
LMArena Russian993—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 7B: 51.7 (#290), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BGPT-5.3 Codex
LMArena Instruction Following1017—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 7B: 31.1 (#277), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BGPT-5.3 Codex
LMArena Longer Query1022—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 7B: 27.2 (#297), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 7BGPT-5.3 Codex
LMArena Text1056—
LMArena Creative Writing1024—
LMArena Multi-Turn963—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 7B better than GPT-5.3 Codex?

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.5 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 7B or GPT-5.3 Codex better for coding?

GPT-5.3 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.5 versus 29.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 7B and GPT-5.3 Codex share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 7B has 27 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.3 Codex has 8.

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