Model Comparison

Grok-3 vs Gemma 3 1B

Grok-3 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Grok-3 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, LiveCodeBench), while Gemma 3 1B is better at 0 benchmarks.

Grok-3 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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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 3 1B
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 3 1B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Grok-3 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemma 3 1B 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 3 1B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Grok-3 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Gemma 3 1B uses Gemma.

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

Grok-3

Proprietary

Closed source

Gemma 3 1B

Gemma

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Grok-3 was released on 2025-02-17, while Gemma 3 1B was released on 2025-03-12.

Gemma 3 1B is 1 month newer than Grok-3.

Grok-3

Feb 17, 2025

1.2 years ago

Gemma 3 1B

Mar 12, 2025

1.1 years ago

3w newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Grok-3 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-17, while Gemma 3 1B'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 3 1B's cutoff date.

Grok-3

Nov 2024

Gemma 3 1B

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

xAI
Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (84.6% vs 19.2%)
Higher LiveCodeBench score (79.4% vs 1.9%)
Google
Has open weights
xAIGrok-3
GoogleGemma 3 1B
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Detailed Comparison

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Feature
xAI
Grok-3
Google
Gemma 3 1B

FAQ

Common questions about Grok-3 vs Gemma 3 1B

Grok-3 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Grok-3 is made by xAI and Gemma 3 1B is made by Google. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Grok-3 scores AIME 2024: 93.3%, AIME 2025: 93.3%, GPQA: 84.6%, LiveCodeBench: 79.4%, MMMU: 78.0%. Gemma 3 1B scores IFEval: 80.2%, GSM8k: 62.8%, Natural2Code: 56.0%, MATH: 48.0%, HumanEval: 41.5%.
Grok-3 supports 128K tokens and Gemma 3 1B 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 3 1B is developed by Google.