Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
Gemma 4 E4B
~47
2/8 categoriesGrok 3 Mini
~49
Winner · 0/8 categoriesGemma 4 E4B· Grok 3 Mini
Pick Grok 3 Mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 E4B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Grok 3 Mini has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 49 versus 47. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.
Grok 3 Mini is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.30 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Gemma 4 E4B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone.
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| Benchmark | Gemma 4 E4B | Grok 3 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Agentic | ||
| Coming soon | ||
| CodingGemma 4 E4B wins | ||
| LiveCodeBench | 52% | 41.5% |
| Multimodal & Grounded | ||
| MMMU-Pro | 52.6% | — |
| Reasoning | ||
| BBH | 33.1% | — |
| MRCRv2 | 25.4% | — |
| KnowledgeGemma 4 E4B wins | ||
| GPQA | 58.6% | 66.2% |
| MMLU-Pro | 69.4% | 78.9% |
| SimpleQA | — | 21.7% |
| Instruction Following | ||
| Coming soon | ||
| Multilingual | ||
| Coming soon | ||
| Mathematics | ||
| AIME 2024 | — | 95.8% |
Grok 3 Mini is ahead overall, 49 to 47. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 52% and 41.5%.
Gemma 4 E4B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.6 versus 59.8. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Gemma 4 E4B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 52 versus 41.5. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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