Model comparison

Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen Plus

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 12× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 4B

Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Qwen Plus

Alibaba (Qwen)

37.1

Rank #210 Confirmed

Summary

They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen Plus leads 27.4 to 11.8.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 25.2% for Gemma 3 4B and 63.3% for Qwen Plus.
Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.20 for Qwen Plus.
Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
Gemma 3 4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 4B and Qwen Plus specifications
	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen Plus
Provider	Google	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	28.1	37.1
Released	2025-03-12	2024-01-25
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	131K	1M
Max output	4K	33K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.04	$0.40
Output $ / M tokens	$0.08	$1.20
Results tracked	22	20

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Category by category

Coding Qwen Plus leads

Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen Plus
LMArena Coding	1230	1328

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142), Qwen Plus: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen Plus
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	19.6%	—

Reasoning Qwen Plus leads

Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen Plus
Kagi LLM Benchmark	25.2%	63.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1253	1317
DTBench	50.9%	81.1%
LMCA	2.8%	24%
Chess Puzzles	0%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	116.02	—

Math Qwen Plus leads

Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	7.5%	17.8%
LMArena Math	1239	1326
MATH Level 5	—	65.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	—	1.7%

Knowledge Qwen Plus leads

Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen Plus
GPQA Diamond	23.2%	48.1%
LMArena Expert	1223	1328
Vectara Hallucination Rate	6.4%	—

Multilingual Qwen Plus leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen Plus
LMArena Non-English	1273	1310
LMArena Russian	1294	1323
LMArena Chinese	—	1347
LMArena German	1281	—
LMArena Japanese	—	1251

Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads

Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen Plus
LMArena Instruction Following	1239	1303

Long Context Qwen Plus leads

Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen Plus
LMArena Longer Query	1273	1324

Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen Plus
LMArena Text	1291	1326
LMArena Creative Writing	1271	1293
LMArena Multi-Turn	1255	1336
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1068	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 4B better than Qwen Plus?

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B or Qwen Plus?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Qwen Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.20.

Is Gemma 3 4B or Qwen Plus better for coding?

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Qwen Plus share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.