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Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 24× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 4B Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Alibaba (Qwen)

43.2

Rank #95 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 40.3 to 11.8.
  • Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B.

Side by side

Gemma 3 4BQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index28.143.2
Released2025-03-122025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K131K
Max output4K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.04$0.70
Output $ / M tokens$0.08$2.80
Results tracked2218

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Coding12301439

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard19.6%—

Reasoning Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Hard Prompts12531428
Kagi LLM Benchmark25.2%—
Chess Puzzles0%—
DTBench50.9%—
LMCA2.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index116.02—

Math Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Math12391426
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20257.5%—

Knowledge Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Expert12231442
GPQA Diamond23.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Vision—1247

Multilingual Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Non-English12731405
LMArena German12811424
LMArena Russian12941408
LMArena Chinese—1463
LMArena French—1452
LMArena Japanese—1385
LMArena Korean—1394
LMArena Spanish—1428

Instruction Following Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Instruction Following12391406

Long Context Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Longer Query12731420

Writing & Preference Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Text12911420
LMArena Creative Writing12711366
LMArena Multi-Turn12551428
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1068—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 4B better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 24× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.

Is Gemma 3 4B or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 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-VL 235B-A22B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.

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