Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Gemma 4 31B IT

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.5

Rank #90 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 0 categories and Gemma 4 31B IT in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 43.2 to 10.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemma 3 1B and 73.3% for Gemma 4 31B IT.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Gemma 4 31B IT specifications
Gemma 3 1BGemma 4 31B IT
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index21.143.5
Released2025-03-122026-04-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.09
Output $ / M tokens—$0.34
Results tracked435

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena WebDev—1366
SciCode—43.4%
WeirdML—52.3%
LMArena Coding—1459
ALE-Bench—925.5

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Gemma 4 31B IT: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGemma 4 31B IT
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%—

Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGemma 4 31B IT
Chess Puzzles0%5%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—63.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—70.6%
CritPt—1.4%
Thematic Generalization—53%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1448
DTBench—82.7%
LMCA—39.3%
Surface Evolver Bench—30.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.74

Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGemma 4 31B IT
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%73.3%
LMArena Math—1465

Knowledge Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGemma 4 31B IT
GPQA Diamond19.9%75.8%
SimpleQA Verified—10.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—7.4%
LMArena Expert—1465

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Vision—1277
LMArena Document—1425

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Non-English—1431
LMArena Chinese—1476
LMArena French—1435
LMArena Russian—1460
LMArena Spanish—1444

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Instruction Following—1433

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Longer Query—1446

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Text—1443
LMArena Creative Writing—1415
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1368
EQ-Bench 4—1120
LMArena Multi-Turn—1452

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than Gemma 4 31B IT?

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Gemma 4 31B IT share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 31B IT has 35.

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