Gemma 3 1B Instruct vs Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct
Wins 0 of 5 areas
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Wins 5 of 5 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 22 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 software02Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct2 of 2 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking01Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct1 of 3 tests · 2 ties
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up01Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct1 of 2 tests · 1 tie
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct1 of 1 test
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 Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct pulls ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+44.4points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+28points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+13.6points ahead
Where Gemma 3 1B Instruct pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 22 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct
- LiveCodeBench v6Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 44.44.348.7+44.4
- Terminal-Bench HardQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 4.504.5+4.5
ReasoningQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct
- GPQA DiamondQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 2823.751.7+28
- Humanity's Last Examtie5.34.5tie
- CritPttie00tie
FactsQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 7.13.810.9+7.1
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationtie17.718.3tie
Long documentsQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct
- AA-LCRQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 11.3011.3+11.3
Following instructionsQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct
- IFBenchQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 13.619.933.5+13.6
Other results13 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.
- LCB v5Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 46.44.450.8+46.4
- HumanEval+Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 45.137.282.3+45.1
- MATH-500 (EM)Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 40.445.285.6+40.4
- MGSMQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 38.243.681.8+38.2
- MMLU-ProQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 37.614.752.3+37.6
- MMLUQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 32.240.172.3+32.2
- MMMLUQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 26.334.460.7+26.3
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 16.110.526.6+16.1
- AA-OmniscienceQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 13.5-75.5-61.9+13.5
- GSM8KQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 5.762.868.5+5.7
- AA Agentic IndexQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 5.43.58.9+5.4
- IFEvalQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 5.480.285.6+5.4
- AA IntelligenceQwen3 4B 2507 Instruct by 1.94.86.7+1.9
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemma 3 1B Instruct or Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct?
Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct wins all five areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. Gemma 3 1B Instruct wins none.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3 4B 2507 Instruct. 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 22 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 13 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.