Gemma 4 E4B vs LFM2.5-VL-1.6B
Wins 5 of 7 areas
Coding · Facts · Images and charts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 7 areas
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Gemma 4 E4B is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 25 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.
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video30Gemma 4 E4B3 of 3 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software20Gemma 4 E4B2 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20Gemma 4 E4B2 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Gemma 4 E4B1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Gemma 4 E4B1 of 1 test
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own00Even0 each · 1 tie
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking11Even1 each · 1 tie
Agents, 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 Gemma 4 E4B pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+64.8points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+28.7points ahead
- Harder college exam questions with imagesMMMU-Pro+24.9points ahead
Where LFM2.5-VL-1.6B pulls ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+1.3points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 25 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGemma 4 E4B
- SciCodeGemma 4 E4B by 21.424.43+21.4
- Terminal-Bench HardGemma 4 E4B by 8.38.30+8.3
ReasoningEven
- GPQA DiamondGemma 4 E4B by 28.757.628.9+28.7
- Humanity's Last ExamLFM2.5-VL-1.6B by 1.33.85.1+1.3
- CritPttie0.60tie
FactsGemma 4 E4B
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationGemma 4 E4B by 64.869.14.3+64.8
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemma 4 E4B by 2.88.65.8+2.8
Images and chartsGemma 4 E4B
Following instructionsGemma 4 E4B
- IFBenchGemma 4 E4B by 11.144.233.1+11.1
Other results12 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 E4B by 64.7-19.7-84.4+64.7
- ChartQA TestLFM2.5-VL-1.6B by 31.842.173.9+31.8
- MM-IFEvalGemma 4 E4B by 15.968.252.3+15.9
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Gemma 4 E4B by 12.320.88.5+12.3
- HallusionBenchLFM2.5-VL-1.6B by 10.349.860.1+10.3
- MMMBGemma 4 E4B by 8.780.471.7+8.7
- MMMU (val) (Pass@1)Gemma 4 E4B by 8.749.340.6+8.7
- OCRBench v2_enGemma 4 E4B by 7.348.841.5+7.3
- AA IntelligenceGemma 4 E4B by 4.18.94.8+4.1
- AA Agentic IndexLFM2.5-VL-1.6B by 11.82.8+1
- RealWorldQAtie64.364.8tie
- DocVQA-valtie87.487.7tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemma 4 E4B or LFM2.5-VL-1.6B?
Gemma 4 E4B wins five of the seven areas where both have results: coding, facts, images and charts, long documents and following instructions. LFM2.5-VL-1.6B wins none. They are level on agents and reasoning.
Which is better for coding?
Gemma 4 E4B. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; LFM2.5-VL-1.6B wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 25 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 13 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 12 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.