Model comparison

Gemma 3 4B vs Trinity Large Thinking

Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 7.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Trinity Large Thinking's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 4B Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Trinity Large Thinking Arcee AI

38.6

Rank #185 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 1 category and Trinity Large Thinking in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Trinity Large Thinking leads 40.9 to 11.8.
  • Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.80 for Trinity Large Thinking.
  • Trinity Large Thinking accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Gemma 3 4B and Trinity Large Thinking specifications
Gemma 3 4BTrinity Large Thinking
ProviderGoogleArcee AI
Noometry Index28.138.6
Released2025-03-122026-04-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K262K
Max output4K80K
Input $ / M tokens$0.04$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$0.08$0.80
Results tracked2224

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 3 4B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Coding12301381
LMArena WebDev—1238
SciCode—36.1%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142), Trinity Large Thinking: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BTrinity Large Thinking
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard19.6%—

Reasoning Trinity Large Thinking leads

Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Hard Prompts12531350
Kagi LLM Benchmark25.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)—16.5%
CritPt—0.9%
Chess Puzzles0%—
Thematic Generalization—41.6%
DTBench50.9%—
LMCA2.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index116.02—

Math Trinity Large Thinking leads

Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Math12391366
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20257.5%—

Knowledge Trinity Large Thinking leads

Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BTrinity Large Thinking
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.4%6.9%
LMArena Expert12231360
GPQA Diamond23.2%—

Multilingual Trinity Large Thinking leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Non-English12731325
LMArena German12811356
LMArena Russian12941337
LMArena Chinese—1373
LMArena French—1374
LMArena Japanese—1311
LMArena Korean—1306
LMArena Spanish—1357

Instruction Following Trinity Large Thinking leads

Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Instruction Following12391334

Long Context Trinity Large Thinking leads

Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Longer Query12731355

Writing & Preference Trinity Large Thinking leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 4BTrinity Large Thinking
LMArena Text12911340
LMArena Creative Writing12711320
LMArena Multi-Turn12551342
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1068—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 4B better than Trinity Large Thinking?

Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 7.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Trinity Large Thinking's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B or Trinity Large Thinking?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Trinity Large Thinking lists at $0.25 and $0.80.

Is Gemma 3 4B or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?

Gemma 3 4B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Trinity Large Thinking does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Trinity Large Thinking share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.

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