# Gemma 2B vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

> Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2b-vs-grok-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 2 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 48.6 to 24.0.
- Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2B | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 33.7 |
| Rank | 307 | 239 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1287 |
| WeirdML | — | 22.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 46.4% |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1272 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | 130.48 |
| SimpleBench | — | 22.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 54.8% |
| DTBench | — | 65.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 54.5% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| LiveBench | — | 54.3% |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 11.5% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 54.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.7% |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2B: —
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 53.8% |
| Confabulations | — | 20.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1254 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1282 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1289 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1286 |
| LMArena French | — | 1318 |
| LMArena German | — | 1287 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1244 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1237 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1281 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 69.6% |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1276 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1305 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1284 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1290 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 63.6% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 45.6% |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 2B better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemma 2B or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.3 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.