Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen3 4B
Wins 1 of 5 areas
Long documents
Wins 2 of 5 areas
Reasoning · Following instructions
Qwen3 4B wins more areas, narrowly.Gemma 3 4B is better at long documents.
Scores updated · 15 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.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking01Qwen3 4B1 of 2 tests · 1 tie
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Qwen3 4B1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Gemma 3 4B1 of 1 test
- CodingWriting and fixing software11Even1 each
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up00Even0 each · 1 tie
Facts, 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 pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+23.1points ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+17.2points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+4.2points ahead
Where Gemma 3 4B pulls ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+3.8points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 15 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingEven
- LiveCodeBench v6Qwen3 4B by 17.218.936.1+17.2
- SciCodeGemma 3 4B by 3.87.33.5+3.8
ReasoningQwen3 4B
- GPQA DiamondQwen3 4B by 23.129.152.2+23.1
- Humanity's Last Examtie5.34.4tie
Other results8 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.
- vectara_answer_rateQwen3 4B by 32.667.399.9+32.6
- MMLU-ProQwen3 4B by 26.443.670+26.4
- LCB v5Qwen3 4B by 19.519.138.6+19.5
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Qwen3 4B by 14519+14
- HumanEval+Qwen3 4B by 9.262.872+9.2
- vectara_avg_summary_lengthQwen3 4B by 27.3 rating points77.4104.7+27.3 rating
- AA IntelligenceQwen3 4B by 2.44.87.2+2.4
- vectara_factual_consistencytie93.694.3tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemma 3 4B or Qwen3 4B?
Qwen3 4B wins two of the five areas where both have results: reasoning and following instructions. Gemma 3 4B wins long documents. They are level on coding and facts.
Which is better for coding?
Neither. They win 1 coding test each of the 2 both models report.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 15 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 7 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 8 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.