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Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Gemma 3 4B

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 23× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Gemma 3 4B Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview leads 58.8 to 11.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 95.6% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 7.5% for Gemma 3 4B.
  • Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash PreviewGemma 3 4B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index52.328.1
Released2025-12-172025-03-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M131K
Max output66K4K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.04
Output $ / M tokens$3$0.08
Results tracked5922

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 3 4B
LMArena Coding14601230
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 3 4B
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—19.6%
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 3 4B
Chess Puzzles40%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14651253
DTBench89.1%50.9%
LMCA43.1%2.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8116.02
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—25.2%
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 3 4B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%7.5%
LMArena Math14731239
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
ProofBench15%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 3 4B
GPQA Diamond89.4%23.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%6.4%
LMArena Expert14621223
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Gemma 3 4B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 3 4B
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 3 4B
LMArena Non-English14581273
LMArena German14971281
LMArena Russian14801294
LMArena Chinese1511—
LMArena French1477—
LMArena Japanese1489—
LMArena Korean1443—
LMArena Spanish1469—

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 3 4B
LMArena Instruction Following14371239

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 3 4B
LMArena Longer Query14521273

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGemma 3 4B
LMArena Text14661291
LMArena Creative Writing14571271
LMArena Multi-Turn14711255
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1068

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Gemma 3 4B?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 23× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3 Flash Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview lists at $0.50 and $3.

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

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

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

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 4B has 22.

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