Model comparison

Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen3 8B

Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 6.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 8B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 8 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 4B

Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Qwen3 8B

Alibaba (Qwen)

33.7

Rank #238 Confirmed

Summary

They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3 8B in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 8B leads 36.1 to 11.8.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 7.5% for Gemma 3 4B and 56.1% for Qwen3 8B.
Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.18 / $0.70 for Qwen3 8B.

Side by side

Gemma 3 4B and Qwen3 8B specifications
	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 8B
Provider	Google	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	28.1	33.7
Released	2025-03-12	2025-04
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	131K	131K
Max output	4K	8K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.04	$0.18
Output $ / M tokens	$0.08	$0.70
Results tracked	22	11

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 3 4B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 8B
SciCode	—	22.6%
LMArena Coding	1230	—

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3 8B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142), Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 8B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	19.6%	42.6%

Reasoning Qwen3 8B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 8B
Chess Puzzles	0%	5%
DTBench	50.9%	59.7%
LMCA	2.8%	8.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index	116.02	136.17
Kagi LLM Benchmark	25.2%	—
CritPt	—	0%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1253	—

Math Qwen3 8B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 8B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	7.5%	56.1%
LMArena Math	1239	—

Knowledge Qwen3 8B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 8B
GPQA Diamond	23.2%	56.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	6.4%	4.8%
LMArena Expert	1223	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194), Qwen3 8B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 8B
LMArena Non-English	1273	—
LMArena German	1281	—
LMArena Russian	1294	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225), Qwen3 8B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 8B
LMArena Instruction Following	1239	—

Long Context Too close to call

Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194), Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 8B
Fiction.LiveBench	—	62.1%
LMArena Longer Query	1273	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239), Qwen3 8B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Qwen3 8B
LMArena Text	1291	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1271	—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1068	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1255	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 4B better than Qwen3 8B?

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B or Qwen3 8B?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Qwen3 8B lists at $0.18 and $0.70.

Is Gemma 3 4B or Qwen3 8B better for coding?

Gemma 3 4B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 131K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Qwen3 8B share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.