# Gemma 3 1B vs Grok 4.6

> Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-3-1b-vs-grok-4-6
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 3

## Summary

- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.6 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4.6 leads 67.0 to 10.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemma 3 1B and 99.2% for Grok 4.6.
- Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 3 1B | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 21.1 | 56.9 |
| Rank | 353 | 21 |
| Context | — | 500K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $6 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemma 3 1B: —
- Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | — | 67.5% |
| FrontierCode | — | 48% |
| CursorBench | — | 41.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1617 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 25.3% |
| SciCode | — | 56.5% |
| WeirdML | — | 67.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1465 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,508 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152)
- Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 65.3% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 7.2% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 17.2% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 9,047 |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264)
- Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 40% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 67.1% |
| SimpleBench | — | 75.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 80% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 87.5% |
| CritPt | — | 19.7% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 30.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1447 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 34% |
| DTBench | — | 97.3% |
| LMCA | — | 48.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 156.44 |

## Math

- Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316)
- Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | 99.2% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 66% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 31.7% |
| ProofBench | — | 51% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1423 |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314)
- Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 19.9% | 94% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 49.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1467 |

## Multimodal

- Gemma 3 1B: —
- Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1263 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 33.2% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 40% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1452 |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 3 1B: —
- Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1480 |
| LMArena French | — | 1461 |
| LMArena German | — | 1431 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1376 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1422 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1404 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 3 1B: —
- Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1431 |

## Long Context

- Gemma 3 1B: —
- Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1454 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 3 1B: —
- Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80)

| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1425 |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 3 1B better than Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Grok 4.6 share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.6 has 49.