Model comparison
Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 18× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads 41.3 to 11.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 25.2% for Gemma 3 4B and 66.7% for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct.
- Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $2 for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 27.9 | 42.5 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2025-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 131K |
| Max output | 4K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.04 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.08 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Gemma 3 4B: 35.3 (#214), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.9 (#101)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1230 | 1441 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 4B: 20.7 (#134), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 19.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Gemma 3 4B: 12.7 (#330), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 30.1 (#79)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 25.2% | 66.7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1253 | 1428 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 50.9% | — |
| LMCA | 2.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 116.02 | — |
Math Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Gemma 3 4B: 15.8 (#286), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 36.3 (#118)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1239 | 1440 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 7.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.7% |
Knowledge Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#294), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.3 (#102)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.4% | 9.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1416 |
| GPQA Diamond | 23.2% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 63% |
Multilingual Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Gemma 3 4B: 42.7 (#189), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.3 (#88)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | 1407 |
| LMArena German | 1281 | 1416 |
| LMArena Russian | 1294 | 1403 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1461 |
| LMArena French | — | 1415 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1398 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1436 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Gemma 3 4B: 65.4 (#219), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 71.0 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1239 | 1388 |
| IFEval | — | 81% |
Long Context Gemma 3 4B leads
Gemma 3 4B: 38.6 (#189), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#218)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1274 | 1403 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Gemma 3 4B: 42.2 (#234), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.2 (#116)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1291 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1270 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1255 | 1415 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1068 | — |
| WildBench | — | 80.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 4B better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 18× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct lists at $0.50 and $2.
Is Gemma 3 4B or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 35.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 131K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.