Gemma 3 1B Instruct vs GPT-4o
Wins 0 of 5 areas
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Wins 4 of 5 areas
Coding · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
GPT-4o is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 25 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the five areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software02GPT-4o2 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up02GPT-4o2 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01GPT-4o1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01GPT-4o1 of 1 test
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking11Even1 each · 1 tie
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where GPT-4o pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+44.4points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+28.9points ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+26.6points ahead
Where Gemma 3 1B Instruct pulls ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+3.5points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 25 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGPT-4o
- LiveCodeBench v6GPT-4o by 26.64.330.9+26.6
- Terminal-Bench HardGPT-4o by 8.308.3+8.3
ReasoningEven
- GPQA DiamondGPT-4o by 28.923.752.6+28.9
- Humanity's Last ExamGemma 3 1B Instruct by 3.55.31.8+3.5
- CritPttie00tie
FactsGPT-4o
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationGPT-4o by 44.417.762.1+44.4
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGPT-4o by 19.93.823.7+19.9
Other results16 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceGPT-4o by 64.9-75.5-10.5+64.9
- MMLU-ProGPT-4o by 6014.774.7+60
- τ²-Bench (Retail)GPT-4o by 576.463.4+57
- HumanEvalGPT-4o by 48.741.590.2+48.7
- MMMLUGPT-4o by 4734.481.4+47
- MGSMGPT-4o by 46.943.690.5+46.9
- LiveCodeBenchGPT-4o by 36.41.938.3+36.4
- SimpleQAGPT-4o by 362.238.2+36
- MMLUGPT-4o by 33.740.173.8+33.7
- MATH-500 (EM)GPT-4o by 29.445.274.6+29.4
- GSM8KGPT-4o by 28.162.890.9+28.1
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)GPT-4o by 18.410.528.9+18.4
- AA Agentic IndexGPT-4o by 4.93.58.4+4.9
- Avg.GPT-4o by 3.224.627.8+3.2
- AA IntelligenceGPT-4o by 2.54.87.3+2.5
- IFEvaltie80.281tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemma 3 1B Instruct or GPT-4o?
GPT-4o wins four of the five areas where both have results: coding, facts, long documents and following instructions. Gemma 3 1B Instruct wins none. They are level on reasoning.
Which is better for coding?
GPT-4o. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Gemma 3 1B Instruct wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 25 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 9 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 16 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.