Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemma 4 E4B
39
Grok 4.3
79
Pick Grok 4.3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 E4B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Knowledge
+11.7 difference
Gemma 4 E4B
Grok 4.3
$0 / $0
$1.25 / $2.5
N/A
209 t/s
N/A
12.36s
128K
1M
Pick Grok 4.3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 E4B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Grok 4.3 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 79 to 39. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Grok 4.3 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.25 input / $2.50 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. Grok 4.3 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Gemma 4 E4B.
Grok 4.3 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 79 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 58.6% and 90.1%.
Gemma 4 E4B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.6 versus 53.9. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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