Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Gemma 3n E4b IT

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 3n E4b IT in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 19.9.
  • Gemma 3n E4b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Gemma 3n E4b IT specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemma 3n E4b IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index56.737.3
Released2026-02-19—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked7118

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Coding14841268
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1447—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), Gemma 3n E4b IT: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemma 3n E4b IT
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts14851284
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—31.5%
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Math14851251
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench26%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Expert14851246
GPQA Diamond94.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), Gemma 3n E4b IT: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Non-English14771285
LMArena Chinese15291309
LMArena French14871330
LMArena German14911311
LMArena Japanese14931272
LMArena Korean14551259
LMArena Russian14981288
LMArena Spanish14791305

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Instruction Following14661255

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Longer Query14831276
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Text14811306
LMArena Creative Writing14821287
LMArena Multi-Turn14881276
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Gemma 3n E4b IT?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Gemma 3n E4b IT better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Gemma 3n E4b IT share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18.

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