Model comparison

Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen3 32B

Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 24× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 32B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 4B

Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Qwen3 32B

Alibaba (Qwen)

39.2

Rank #172 Confirmed

Summary

They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 32B in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 32B leads 40.0 to 11.8.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 7.5% for Gemma 3 4B and 66.9% for Qwen3 32B.
Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3 32B.

Side by side

Gemma 3 4B and Qwen3 32B specifications
	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 32B
Provider	Google	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	28.1	39.2
Released	2025-03-12	2025-04
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	131K	131K
Max output	4K	16K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.04	$0.70
Output $ / M tokens	$0.08	$2.80
Results tracked	22	26

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215), Qwen3 32B: 37.7 (#190)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 32B
LMArena Coding	1230	1358
Aider Polyglot	—	40%
SciCode	—	35.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142), Qwen3 32B: 32.6 (#62)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 32B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	19.6%	48.7%

Reasoning Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335), Qwen3 32B: 20.2 (#241)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 32B
Kagi LLM Benchmark	25.2%	54.9%
Chess Puzzles	0%	5%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1253	1334
DTBench	50.9%	67.5%
LMCA	2.8%	17.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index	116.02	138.51
CritPt	—	0.3%

Math Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292), Qwen3 32B: 39.7 (#99)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 32B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	7.5%	66.9%
LMArena Math	1239	1399

Knowledge Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299), Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#125)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 32B
GPQA Diamond	23.2%	65.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	6.4%	5.9%
LMArena Expert	1223	1362

Multilingual Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194), Qwen3 32B: 45.6 (#167)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 32B
LMArena Non-English	1273	1317
LMArena German	1281	1341
LMArena Russian	1294	1311
LMArena Chinese	—	1357

Instruction Following Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225), Qwen3 32B: 68.9 (#179)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 32B
LMArena Instruction Following	1239	1305

Long Context Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194), Qwen3 32B: 43.8 (#87)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 32B
LMArena Longer Query	1273	1327
Fiction.LiveBench	—	74.2%

Writing & Preference Qwen3 32B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239), Qwen3 32B: 52.9 (#163)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 32B
LMArena Text	1291	1340
LMArena Creative Writing	1271	1297
LMArena Multi-Turn	1255	1331
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1068	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 4B better than Qwen3 32B?

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B or Qwen3 32B?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Qwen3 32B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.

Is Gemma 3 4B or Qwen3 32B better for coding?

Qwen3 32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 131K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Qwen3 32B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.