Gemma 4 31B vs Grok 4.1 Fast

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

Gemma 4 31B· Grok 4.1 Fast

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemma 4 31B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 4.1 Fast only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.

Gemma 4 31B has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 73 versus 70. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Gemma 4 31B's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 80 against 60.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 80% to 54%. Grok 4.1 Fast does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Gemma 4 31B is the reasoning model in the pair, while Grok 4.1 Fast 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 Fast gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Gemma 4 31B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderGooglexAI
PriceFree*Pricing unavailable
SpeedN/A138 t/s
TTFTN/A0.54s
Context256K1M

Decision framing

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BenchmarkGemma 4 31BGrok 4.1 Fast
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.074%
BrowseComp73%
OSWorld-Verified66%
Claw-Eval53.8%
DeepPlanning19.1%
CodingGemma 4 31B wins
LiveCodeBench80%54%
HumanEval86%
SWE-bench Verified68%
SWE-bench Pro63%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro76.9%
ReasoningGrok 4.1 Fast wins
BBH74.4%87%
MRCRv266.4%89%
MuSR88%
LongBench v287%
KnowledgeGrok 4.1 Fast wins
GPQA84.3%92%
MMLU-Pro85.2%81%
HLE26.5%20%
HLE w/o tools19.5%
MMLU94%
SuperGPQA90%
FrontierScience83%
SimpleQA90%
Instruction Following
IFEval90%
Multilingual
MGSM88%
MMLU-ProX83%
Mathematics
AIME 202396%
AIME 202498%
AIME 202597%
HMMT Feb 202392%
HMMT Feb 202494%
HMMT Feb 202593%
BRUMO 202595%
MATH-50089%
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, Gemma 4 31B or Grok 4.1 Fast?

Gemma 4 31B is ahead overall, 73 to 70. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 80% and 54%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 31B or Grok 4.1 Fast?

Grok 4.1 Fast has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.9 versus 61.3. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 31B or Grok 4.1 Fast?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 60.7. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 4 31B or Grok 4.1 Fast?

Grok 4.1 Fast has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 87.9 versus 66.4. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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