Gemma 4 E4B vs Grok Code Fast 1

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 E4B· Grok Code Fast 1

Quick Verdict

Pick Grok Code Fast 1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 E4B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Grok Code Fast 1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 56 to 47. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Grok Code Fast 1's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 63.3 against 25.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is BBH, 33.1% to 75%. Gemma 4 E4B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Gemma 4 E4B is the reasoning model in the pair, while Grok Code Fast 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 Code Fast 1 gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Gemma 4 E4B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderGooglexAI
PriceFree*Pricing unavailable
SpeedN/A172 t/s
TTFTN/A2.81s
Context128K256K

Decision framing

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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 E4BGrok Code Fast 1
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.059%
BrowseComp57%
OSWorld-Verified51%
CodingGrok Code Fast 1 wins
LiveCodeBench52%80%
HumanEval60%
SWE-bench Verified70.8%
SWE-bench Pro42%
Multimodal & GroundedGemma 4 E4B wins
MMMU-Pro52.6%40%
OfficeQA Pro63%
ReasoningGrok Code Fast 1 wins
BBH33.1%75%
MRCRv225.4%66%
MuSR59%
LongBench v264%
KnowledgeGemma 4 E4B wins
GPQA58.6%63%
MMLU-Pro69.4%65%
MMLU64%
SuperGPQA61%
HLE7%
FrontierScience57%
SimpleQA61%
Instruction Following
IFEval79%
Multilingual
MGSM75%
MMLU-ProX73%
Mathematics
AIME 202364%
AIME 202466%
AIME 202565%
HMMT Feb 202360%
HMMT Feb 202462%
HMMT Feb 202561%
BRUMO 202563%
MATH-50073%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, Gemma 4 E4B or Grok Code Fast 1?

Grok Code Fast 1 is ahead overall, 56 to 47. The biggest single separator in this matchup is BBH, where the scores are 33.1% and 75%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 E4B or Grok Code Fast 1?

Gemma 4 E4B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.6 versus 49. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 E4B or Grok Code Fast 1?

Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 63.3 versus 52. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 4 E4B or Grok Code Fast 1?

Grok Code Fast 1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 63.3 versus 25.4. Inside this category, BBH is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemma 4 E4B or Grok Code Fast 1?

Gemma 4 E4B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 52.6 versus 50.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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