Model comparison

Gemini 3 Pro vs Gemma 3 4B

Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.7 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Pro Google

54.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Gemma 3 4B Google

27.9

Rank #320 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Pro 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 Pro leads 64.3 to 11.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 91.4% for Gemini 3 Pro and 7.5% for Gemma 3 4B.
  • Gemma 3 4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Pro and Gemma 3 4B specifications
Gemini 3 ProGemma 3 4B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index54.727.9
Released2025-11-182025-03-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—4K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.04
Output $ / M tokens—$0.08
Results tracked6722

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 52.1 (#33), Gemma 3 4B: 35.3 (#214)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProGemma 3 4B
LMArena Coding14821230
SWE-bench Verified72.9%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual68.7%—
GSO18.6%—
WeirdML69.9%—
ALE-Bench1,177—
AlgoTune1.83—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 40.5 (#21), Gemma 3 4B: 20.7 (#134)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProGemma 3 4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard72.5%19.6%
Terminal-Bench69.4%—
GDPval40.3%—
Remote Labor Index1.3%—
τ²-bench Airline80.5%—
τ²-bench Banking18%—
τ²-bench Retail75.9%—
τ²-bench Telecom91%—
DeepResearch Bench46.3%—
BALROG58.1%—
LMArena Search1207—
METR Time Horizons71%—
Vending-Bench 25,478—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 52.5 (#28), Gemma 3 4B: 12.7 (#330)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProGemma 3 4B
Kagi LLM Benchmark80.1%25.2%
Chess Puzzles31%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14811253
Epoch Capabilities Index152.96116.02
ARC-AGI-231.1%—
SimpleBench76.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)94.4%—
ARC-AGI-175%—
CritPt6.9%—
EnigmaEval18.2%—
DTBench—50.9%
LMCA—2.8%
ForecastBench61.2—

Math Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 48.8 (#50), Gemma 3 4B: 15.8 (#286)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProGemma 3 4B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202591.4%7.5%
LMArena Math14751239
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67%—
ProofBench20%—
Omni-MATH55.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)37.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)18.8%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 64.3 (#15), Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#294)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProGemma 3 4B
GPQA Diamond92.6%23.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.6%6.4%
LMArena Expert14751223
Humanity's Last Exam37.5%—
MMLU-Pro90.3%—
GPQA (HELM)80.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Pro: 56.9 (#1), Gemma 3 4B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProGemma 3 4B
LMArena Vision1305—
GeoBench84%—
VPCT91%—
LMArena Document1434—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 57.1 (#14), Gemma 3 4B: 42.7 (#189)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProGemma 3 4B
LMArena Non-English14741273
LMArena German15171281
LMArena Russian14931294
LMArena Chinese1522—
LMArena French1492—
LMArena Japanese1513—
LMArena Korean1449—
LMArena Spanish1468—

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 76.4 (#42), Gemma 3 4B: 65.4 (#219)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProGemma 3 4B
LMArena Instruction Following14581239
IFEval87.7%—

Long Context Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 44.0 (#75), Gemma 3 4B: 38.6 (#189)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProGemma 3 4B
LMArena Longer Query14721274
CL-bench15.8%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 66.6 (#34), Gemma 3 4B: 42.2 (#234)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProGemma 3 4B
LMArena Text14791291
LMArena Creative Writing14821270
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15251068
LMArena Multi-Turn14841255
WildBench85.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Pro better than Gemma 3 4B?

Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.7 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3 Pro or Gemma 3 4B better for coding?

Gemini 3 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.1 versus 35.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Pro has 67 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 4B has 22.

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