Gemma 4 E2B vs GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

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 E2B· GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.1-Codex-Max if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 E2B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 81 to 39. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 91.5 against 19.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MRCRv2, 19.1% to 93%.

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Gemma 4 E2B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GPT-5.1-Codex-Max gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 128K for Gemma 4 E2B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderGoogleOpenAI
PriceFree*$2.00 / $8.00
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context128K400K

Decision framing

BenchLM keeps the benchmark table and the operator tradeoffs on the same page so a better score does not hide a materially slower, pricier, or smaller-context model.

Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkGemma 4 E2BGPT-5.1-Codex-Max
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.090%
BrowseComp85%
OSWorld-Verified82%
CodingGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
LiveCodeBench44%67%
HumanEval94%
SWE-bench Verified77.9%
SWE-bench Pro84%
Multimodal & GroundedGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
MMMU-Pro44.2%85%
OfficeQA Pro92%
ReasoningGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
BBH21.9%92%
MRCRv219.1%93%
MuSR92%
LongBench v290%
KnowledgeGPT-5.1-Codex-Max wins
GPQA43.4%96%
MMLU-Pro60%82%
MMLU98%
SuperGPQA94%
HLE27%
FrontierScience84%
SimpleQA94%
Instruction Following
IFEval91%
Multilingual
MGSM89%
MMLU-ProX87%
Mathematics
AIME 202399%
AIME 202499%
AIME 202598%
HMMT Feb 202395%
HMMT Feb 202497%
HMMT Feb 202596%
BRUMO 202596%
MATH-50093%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, Gemma 4 E2B or GPT-5.1-Codex-Max?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is ahead overall, 81 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MRCRv2, where the scores are 19.1% and 93%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 E2B or GPT-5.1-Codex-Max?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.4 versus 54.1. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 E2B or GPT-5.1-Codex-Max?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 76.1 versus 44. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 4 E2B or GPT-5.1-Codex-Max?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 91.5 versus 19.1. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemma 4 E2B or GPT-5.1-Codex-Max?

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.2 versus 44.2. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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