Model comparison
Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Llama 3.1-8B
Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 23.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.1-8B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemma 3n E4b IT leads 34.2 to 8.0.
Side by side
| Gemma 3n E4b IT | Llama 3.1-8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 37.3 | 23.0 |
| Released | — | 2024-07-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 43 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), Llama 3.1-8B: 20.2 (#340)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1268 | 1195 |
| SciCode | — | 13.2% |
| WeirdML | — | 1.7% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 32.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.5% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 62.8% |
| MBPP+ | — | 55.6% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, Llama 3.1-8B: 22.5 (#131)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 25.8% |
| BALROG | — | 15.1% |
Reasoning Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), Llama 3.1-8B: 14.9 (#321)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1284 | 1175 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 31.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 50.9% |
| LMCA | — | 5.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 116.57 |
| PIQA | — | 81.2% |
Math Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), Llama 3.1-8B: 10.2 (#317)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1251 | 1179 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 1.7% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 13.7% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 22.9% |
| GSM8K | — | 82.4% |
Knowledge Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), Llama 3.1-8B: 8.0 (#307)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1246 | 1144 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 40.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 24.7% |
| BoolQ | — | 82.8% |
| MMLU | — | 56.1% |
Multilingual Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), Llama 3.1-8B: 34.0 (#249)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1285 | 1148 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1309 | 1151 |
| LMArena French | 1330 | 1177 |
| LMArena German | 1311 | 1144 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1272 | 1061 |
| LMArena Korean | 1259 | 1053 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1158 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1305 | 1169 |
Instruction Following Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), Llama 3.1-8B: 58.9 (#258)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1255 | 1159 |
| IFEval | — | 74.3% |
Long Context Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), Llama 3.1-8B: 35.8 (#238)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1182 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), Llama 3.1-8B: 29.7 (#290)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Llama 3.1-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1306 | 1187 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1287 | 1154 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1276 | 1172 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 713 |
| WildBench | — | 68.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than Llama 3.1-8B?
Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 23.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or Llama 3.1-8B better for coding?
Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 20.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and Llama 3.1-8B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1-8B has 43.