Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
Gemma 4 26B A4B
64
1/8 categoriesGrok 4.1
85
Winner · 3/8 categoriesGemma 4 26B A4B· Grok 4.1
Pick Grok 4.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 26B A4B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Grok 4.1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 85 to 64. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Grok 4.1's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 90.5 against 44.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MRCRv2, 44.1% to 89%. Gemma 4 26B A4B does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
Grok 4.1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $3.00 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Gemma 4 26B A4B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Gemma 4 26B A4B is the reasoning model in the pair, while Grok 4.1 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Grok 4.1 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Gemma 4 26B A4B.
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| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Agentic | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | — | 79% |
| BrowseComp | — | 84% |
| OSWorld-Verified | — | 73% |
| CodingGemma 4 26B A4B wins | ||
| LiveCodeBench | 77.1% | 73% |
| HumanEval | — | 91% |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 77% |
| Multimodal & GroundedGrok 4.1 wins | ||
| MMMU-Pro | 73.8% | 95% |
| OfficeQA Pro | — | 91% |
| ReasoningGrok 4.1 wins | ||
| BBH | 64.8% | 93% |
| MRCRv2 | 44.1% | 89% |
| MuSR | — | 93% |
| LongBench v2 | — | 90% |
| KnowledgeGrok 4.1 wins | ||
| GPQA | 82.3% | 97% |
| MMLU-Pro | 82.6% | 90% |
| HLE | 17.2% | 40% |
| HLE w/o tools | 8.7% | — |
| MMLU | — | 99% |
| SuperGPQA | — | 95% |
| FrontierScience | — | 91% |
| SimpleQA | — | 95% |
| Instruction Following | ||
| IFEval | — | 93% |
| Multilingual | ||
| MGSM | — | 96% |
| MMLU-ProX | — | 91% |
| Mathematics | ||
| AIME 2023 | — | 99% |
| AIME 2024 | — | 99% |
| AIME 2025 | — | 98% |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | — | 96% |
| BRUMO 2025 | — | 96% |
| MATH-500 | — | 97% |
Grok 4.1 is ahead overall, 85 to 64. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MRCRv2, where the scores are 44.1% and 89%.
Grok 4.1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.8 versus 56.1. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.1 versus 74.5. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Grok 4.1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 90.5 versus 44.1. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Grok 4.1 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.2 versus 73.8. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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