Model comparison
Gemma 4 31B IT vs Qwen3 32B
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen3 32B in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 54.0 to 45.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 39.3% for Gemma 4 31B IT and 17.3% for Qwen3 32B.
- Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.34 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3 32B.
- Gemma 4 31B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen3 32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 43.2 | 38.8 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 33K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.09 | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.34 | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.9 (#98), Qwen3 32B: 37.3 (#184)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 43.4% | 35.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1459 | 1358 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 40% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1364 | — |
| WeirdML | 52.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 925.5 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 4 31B IT: —, Qwen3 32B: 32.3 (#58)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 48.7% |
Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 26.4 (#119), Qwen3 32B: 19.6 (#233)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.5% | 54.9% |
| CritPt | 1.4% | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1448 | 1335 |
| DTBench | 82.7% | 67.5% |
| LMCA | 39.3% | 17.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.74 | 138.51 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 70.6% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 53% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 30.6% | — |
Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.3 (#72), Qwen3 32B: 37.9 (#89)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 73.3% | 66.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1464 | 1399 |
Knowledge Qwen3 32B leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#141), Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#112)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 75.8% | 65.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | 5.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1465 | 1362 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 10.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.0 (#32), Qwen3 32B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1278 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1425 | — |
Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 54.0 (#52), Qwen3 32B: 45.8 (#162)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1431 | 1317 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1478 | 1357 |
| LMArena Russian | 1462 | 1311 |
| LMArena French | 1436 | — |
| LMArena German | — | 1341 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1443 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.6 (#58), Qwen3 32B: 69.1 (#174)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1433 | 1305 |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#67), Qwen3 32B: 43.7 (#83)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1446 | 1327 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 74.2% |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.7 (#92), Qwen3 32B: 53.1 (#158)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1443 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1416 | 1297 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1452 | 1331 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1368 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1120 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Qwen3 32B?
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B IT or Qwen3 32B?
Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens; Qwen3 32B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.
Is Gemma 4 31B IT or Qwen3 32B better for coding?
Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 37.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemma 4 31B IT does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Qwen3 32B share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.