Model comparison

Gemma 4 31B IT vs Llama 13b

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.5

Rank #90 Confirmed

Llama 13b Meta

24.4

Rank #348 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 6 categories and Llama 13b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 60.5 to 13.8.

Side by side

Gemma 4 31B IT and Llama 13b specifications
Gemma 4 31B ITLlama 13b
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index43.524.4
Released2026-04-022023-02-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.09—
Output $ / M tokens$0.34—
Results tracked3521

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108), Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 13b
LMArena Coding1459683
LMArena WebDev1366—
SciCode43.4%—
WeirdML52.3%—
ALE-Bench925.5—

Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122), Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts1448728
Epoch Capabilities Index142.74100.58
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)70.6%—
CritPt1.4%—
Chess Puzzles5%—
Thematic Generalization53%—
DTBench82.7%—
LMCA39.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench30.6%—
BIG-Bench Hard—37.9%
HellaSwag—79.2%
LAMBADA—75.2%
PIQA—80.1%
WinoGrande—73%

Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81), Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 13b
LMArena Math1465838
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%—
GSM8K—20.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151), Llama 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 13b
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
SimpleQA Verified10.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%—
LMArena Expert1465—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—52.7%
BoolQ—78.7%
MMLU—47.7%
OpenBookQA—56.4%
TriviaQA—77.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34), Llama 13b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 13b
LMArena Vision1277—
LMArena Document1425—
ScienceQA—43.3%

Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57), Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 13b
LMArena Non-English1431819
LMArena Chinese1476—
LMArena French1435—
LMArena Russian1460—
LMArena Spanish1444—

Instruction Following Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61), Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 13b
LMArena Instruction Following1433781

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71), Llama 13b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 13b
LMArena Longer Query1446—

Writing & Preference Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96), Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITLlama 13b
LMArena Text1443834
LMArena Creative Writing1415794
LMArena Multi-Turn1452753
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1368—
EQ-Bench 41120—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Llama 13b?

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 4 31B IT or Llama 13b better for coding?

Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Llama 13b share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.

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