Across 32 shared benchmarks, Gemma 4 31B scores higher on 21 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Reasoning on 10, with 1 level. The widest gap is RefSpatial-Bench, where Gemma 4 31B scores 4.7 against 0.7. Gemma 4 31B is the cheaper of the two on tracked API pricing ($0.15 against $0.40 per million input tokens).
Best tracked score per model per benchmark (default configuration; source-attributed). ↓ marks lower-is-better metrics. Open either model for its full surface, provenance and pricing. Quoted rates are the price-setter row we currently track for each model — its direct or vendor-official listing where one exists (direct, alibaba-official), otherwise the lowest tracked offer.