Gemma 4 E2B vs Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct
Wins 4 of 7 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 1 of 7 areas
Images and charts
Gemma 4 E2B wins more areas, narrowly.Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct is better at images and charts.
Scores updated · 33 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven 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 software30Gemma 4 E2B3 of 3 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20Gemma 4 E2B2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Gemma 4 E2B1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Gemma 4 E2B1 of 1 test
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video04Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct4 of 5 tests · 1 tie
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own00Even0 each · 1 tie
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Agents, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where Gemma 4 E2B pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+65points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+7.2points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+6.2points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 33 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGemma 4 E2B
- SciCodeGemma 4 E2B by 7.220.913.7+7.2
- LiveCodeBench v6Gemma 4 E2B by 6.14437.9+6.1
- Terminal-Bench HardGemma 4 E2B by 330+3
ReasoningGemma 4 E2B
- GPQA DiamondGemma 4 E2B by 6.243.337.1+6.2
- Humanity's Last ExamGemma 4 E2B by 1.24.83.6+1.2
- CritPttie00tie
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationGemma 4 E2B by 6567.62.6+65
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyQwen3 VL 4B Instruct by 4.36.610.9+4.3
Images and chartsQwen3 VL 4B Instruct
Following instructionsGemma 4 E2B
- IFBenchGemma 4 E2B by 6.23831.8+6.2
Other results17 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-OmniscienceGemma 4 E2B by 52.4-23.6-76+52.4
- ChartQAQwen3 VL 4B Instruct by 40.543.584+40.5
- MMMU (val) (Pass@1)Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct by 26.341.167.4+26.3
- OCRBench v2_enQwen3 VL 4B Instruct by 20.243.563.7+20.2
- TextVQA-valQwen3 VL 4B Instruct by 18.162.580.5+18.1
- RealWorldQAQwen3 VL 4B Instruct by 10.96070.9+10.9
- DocVQA-valQwen3 VL 4B Instruct by 985.794.7+9
- VLM Judge ScoreQwen3 VL 4B Instruct by 7.684.492+7.6
- MMLU-ProQwen3 VL 4B Instruct by 7.16067.1+7.1
- BFCL v3Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct by 6.956.463.3+6.9
- AA Agentic IndexQwen3 VL 4B Instruct by 6.31.57.8+6.3
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGemma 4 E2B by 2.67.24.6+2.6
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct by 2.620.823.4+2.6
- HallusionBenchGemma 4 E2B by 2.259.857.6+2.2
- AA IntelligenceGemma 4 E2B by 2.17.85.7+2.1
- MATH-Visiontie52.451.6tie
- IFEvaltie8382.3tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemma 4 E2B or Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct?
Gemma 4 E2B wins four of the seven areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, long documents and following instructions. Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct wins images and charts. They are level on agents and facts.
Which is better for coding?
Gemma 4 E2B. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Qwen3 VL 4B Instruct wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 33 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 16 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 17 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.