Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen3 14B
Wins 1 of 6 areas
Long documents
Wins 5 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Following instructions
Qwen3 14B is the stronger all-rounder.Gemma 3 4B is cheaper and better at long documents.
Scores updated · 23 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six 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.
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up03Qwen3 14B3 of 3 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software02Qwen3 14B2 of 2 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking01Qwen3 14B1 of 3 tests · 2 ties
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own01Qwen3 14B1 of 2 tests · 1 tie
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Qwen3 14B1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Gemma 3 4B1 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.
Gemma 3 4B costs 91% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3 14B pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+31.3points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+23.4points ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+22.4points ahead
Where Gemma 3 4B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 23 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen3 14B
- SciCodeQwen3 14B by 23.47.330.7+23.4
- Terminal-Bench HardQwen3 14B by 30.83.8+3
ReasoningQwen3 14B
- GPQA DiamondQwen3 14B by 31.329.160.4+31.3
- Humanity's Last Examtie5.34.5tie
- CritPttie00tie
FactsQwen3 14B
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3 14B by 22.41.824.2+22.4
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyQwen3 14B by 7.67.715.3+7.6
- Vectara HHEM hallucination ratelower is betterQwen3 14B by 16.45.4+1
Following instructionsQwen3 14B
- IFBenchQwen3 14B by 12.228.340.5+12.2
Other results11 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.
- LiveCodeBenchQwen3 14B by 46.712.659.3+46.7
- AA-OmniscienceQwen3 14B by 34-82.9-49+34
- vectara_answer_rateQwen3 14B by 32.667.399.9+32.6
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Qwen3 14B by 29.5534.5+29.5
- MATH-500 (EM)Qwen3 14B by 23.673.296.8+23.6
- WildBenchQwen3 14B by 1649.165.1+16
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexQwen3 14B by 11.12.713.8+11.1
- Arena HardQwen3 14B by 10.931.842.7+10.9
- AA IntelligenceQwen3 14B by 3.44.88.2+3.4
- vectara_avg_summary_lengthQwen3 14B by 33.7 rating points77.4111.1+33.7 rating
- vectara_factual_consistencyQwen3 14B by 193.694.6+1
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemma 3 4B or Qwen3 14B?
Qwen3 14B wins five of the six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts and following instructions. Gemma 3 4B wins long documents, and costs 91% less.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3 14B. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Gemma 3 4B wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Gemma 3 4B costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens; Qwen3 14B costs $0.35 and $1.40. That makes Gemma 3 4B about 91% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 23 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 12 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 11 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.