Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Gemma 3 4B

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 30× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Gemma 3 4B Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Gemma 3 4B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 69.7 to 11.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 97.2% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 7.5% for Gemma 3 4B.
  • Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
  • Gemma 3 4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 4B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index59.828.1
Released2026-08-132025-03-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M131K
Max output66K4K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.04
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.08
Results tracked4422

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 4B
LMArena Coding14971230
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 4B
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—19.6%
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 4B
Chess Puzzles47%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941253
DTBench96.8%50.9%
LMCA50.4%2.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27116.02
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—25.2%
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 4B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%7.5%
LMArena Math15071239
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
ProofBench58%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 4B
GPQA Diamond94.8%23.2%
LMArena Expert15081223
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—6.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Gemma 3 4B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 4B
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 4B
LMArena Non-English14841273
LMArena German14981281
LMArena Russian15161294
LMArena Chinese1548—
LMArena French1505—
LMArena Japanese1512—
LMArena Korean1483—
LMArena Spanish1503—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 4B
LMArena Instruction Following14831239

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 4B
LMArena Longer Query14921273

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGemma 3 4B
LMArena Text14861291
LMArena Creative Writing14901271
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17231068
LMArena Multi-Turn14891255

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Gemma 3 4B?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 30× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Gemma 3 4B?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Gemma 3 4B better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Gemma 3 4B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 4B has 22.

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