Model comparison

Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Qwen3 14B

Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

Qwen3 14B Alibaba (Qwen)

35.5

Rank #225 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3 14B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 14B leads 39.3 to 34.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 31.5% for Gemma 3n E4b IT and 49.1% for Qwen3 14B.

Side by side

Gemma 3n E4b IT and Qwen3 14B specifications
Gemma 3n E4b ITQwen3 14B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.335.5
Released—2025-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.35
Output $ / M tokens—$1.40
Results tracked1812

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), Qwen3 14B: 37.3 (#195)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3 14B
SciCode—31.6%
LMArena Coding1268—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, Qwen3 14B: 29.6 (#83)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3 14B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—41%

Reasoning Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), Qwen3 14B: 18.5 (#280)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3 14B
Kagi LLM Benchmark31.5%49.1%
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles—4%
LMArena Hard Prompts1284—
DTBench—64%
LMCA—18.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—138.23

Math Qwen3 14B leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), Qwen3 14B: 38.6 (#133)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3 14B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—66.4%
LMArena Math1251—

Knowledge Qwen3 14B leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), Qwen3 14B: 39.3 (#134)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3 14B
GPQA Diamond—63.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.4%
LMArena Expert1246—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), Qwen3 14B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3 14B
LMArena Non-English1285—
LMArena Chinese1309—
LMArena French1330—
LMArena German1311—
LMArena Japanese1272—
LMArena Korean1259—
LMArena Russian1288—
LMArena Spanish1305—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), Qwen3 14B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3 14B
LMArena Instruction Following1255—

Long Context Too close to call

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), Qwen3 14B: 38.1 (#204)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3 14B
Fiction.LiveBench—62.5%
LMArena Longer Query1276—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), Qwen3 14B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITQwen3 14B
LMArena Text1306—
LMArena Creative Writing1287—
LMArena Multi-Turn1276—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than Qwen3 14B?

Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 35.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or Qwen3 14B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (37.0 vs 37.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and Qwen3 14B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 14B has 12.

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