Model comparison

Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen1.5-32B

Qwen1.5-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.0 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 4B Google

27.9

Rank #320 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.0

Rank #288 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen1.5-32B in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5-32B leads 30.5 to 15.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 23.2% for Gemma 3 4B and 30.7% for Qwen1.5-32B.

Side by side

Gemma 3 4B and Qwen1.5-32B specifications
Gemma 3 4BQwen1.5-32B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index27.930.0
Released2025-03-122024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output4K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.04—
Output $ / M tokens$0.08—
Results tracked2221

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 3 4B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 35.3 (#214), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.1 (#278)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Coding12301155
BigCodeBench Instruct—32.3%
BigCodeBench Complete—42%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 20.7 (#134), Qwen1.5-32B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen1.5-32B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard19.6%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5-32B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 12.7 (#330), Qwen1.5-32B: 20.9 (#210)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts12531131
Kagi LLM Benchmark25.2%—
Chess Puzzles0%—
DTBench50.9%—
LMCA2.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index116.02—

Math Qwen1.5-32B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 15.8 (#286), Qwen1.5-32B: 30.5 (#207)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Math12391155
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20257.5%—

Knowledge Qwen1.5-32B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#294), Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#291)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen1.5-32B
GPQA Diamond23.2%30.7%
LMArena Expert12231126
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.4%—
MMLU—74.4%

Multilingual Gemma 3 4B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.7 (#189), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.6 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Non-English12731106
LMArena German12811058
LMArena Russian12941073
LMArena Chinese—1176
LMArena French—1100
LMArena Japanese—1027
LMArena Korean—1007
LMArena Spanish—1089

Instruction Following Gemma 3 4B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 65.4 (#219), Qwen1.5-32B: 58.0 (#260)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Instruction Following12391116

Long Context Gemma 3 4B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 38.6 (#189), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#241)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Longer Query12741146

Writing & Preference Gemma 3 4B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.2 (#234), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.4 (#266)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen1.5-32B
LMArena Text12911137
LMArena Creative Writing12701083
LMArena Multi-Turn12551140
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1068—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 4B better than Qwen1.5-32B?

Qwen1.5-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.0 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 3 4B or Qwen1.5-32B better for coding?

Gemma 3 4B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.3 versus 31.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Qwen1.5-32B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-32B has 21.

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