Model Comparison

Grok-3 vs Gemma 2 9B

Comparing Grok-3 and Gemma 2 9B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Grok-3 and Gemma 2 9B don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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xAI
Grok-3
Input tokens$3.00
Output tokens$15.00
Best providerxAI
Google
Gemma 2 9B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Grok-3 specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Grok-3 specifies output context (8,000 tokens).

xAI
Grok-3
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,000 tokens
Google
Gemma 2 9B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Grok-3 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemma 2 9B does not.

Grok-3 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Grok-3

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Gemma 2 9B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Grok-3 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Gemma 2 9B uses Gemma.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Grok-3

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 2 9B

Gemma

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Grok-3 was released on 2025-02-17, while Gemma 2 9B was released on 2024-06-27.

Grok-3 is 8 months newer than Gemma 2 9B.

Grok-3

Feb 17, 2025

1.1 years ago

7mo newer
Gemma 2 9B

Jun 27, 2024

1.8 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Grok-3 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-17, while Gemma 2 9B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Grok-3's training data extends to 2024-11-17, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemma 2 9B's cutoff date.

Grok-3

Nov 2024

Gemma 2 9B

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

xAI
Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Google
Has open weights
xAIGrok-3
GoogleGemma 2 9B
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Detailed Comparison

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Feature
xAI
Grok-3
Google
Gemma 2 9B

FAQ

Common questions about Grok-3 vs Gemma 2 9B

Grok-3 (xAI) and Gemma 2 9B (Google) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Grok-3 scores AIME 2024: 93.3%, AIME 2025: 93.3%, GPQA: 84.6%, LiveCodeBench: 79.4%, MMMU: 78.0%. Gemma 2 9B scores ARC-E: 88.0%, BoolQ: 84.2%, HellaSwag: 81.9%, PIQA: 81.7%, Winogrande: 80.6%.
Grok-3 supports 128K tokens and Gemma 2 9B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Gemma). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Grok-3 is developed by xAI and Gemma 2 9B is developed by Google.