Model comparison

Gemma 4 31B IT vs Qwen3-4B

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.2

Rank #85 Confirmed

Qwen3-4B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.5

Rank #261 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3-4B in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 41.3 to 28.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 75.8% for Gemma 4 31B IT and 52.3% for Qwen3-4B.

Side by side

Gemma 4 31B IT and Qwen3-4B specifications
Gemma 4 31B ITQwen3-4B
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.231.5
Released2026-04-022025-04-29
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.09—
Output $ / M tokens$0.34—
Results tracked356

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.9 (#98), Qwen3-4B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3-4B
LMArena WebDev1364—
SciCode43.4%—
WeirdML52.3%—
LMArena Coding1459—
ALE-Bench925.5—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: —, Qwen3-4B: 27.3 (#94)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3-4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—35.7%

Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 26.4 (#119), Qwen3-4B: 18.5 (#264)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3-4B
Chess Puzzles5%4%
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)70.6%—
CritPt1.4%—
Thematic Generalization53%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1448—
DTBench82.7%—
LMCA39.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench30.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index142.74—

Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.3 (#72), Qwen3-4B: 28.5 (#228)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3-4B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%52.2%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—38.5%
LMArena Math1464—

Knowledge Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#141), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#198)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3-4B
GPQA Diamond75.8%52.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%5.7%
SimpleQA Verified10.4%—
LMArena Expert1465—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.0 (#32), Qwen3-4B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3-4B
LMArena Vision1278—
LMArena Document1425—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 54.0 (#52), Qwen3-4B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3-4B
LMArena Non-English1431—
LMArena Chinese1478—
LMArena French1436—
LMArena Russian1462—
LMArena Spanish1443—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.6 (#58), Qwen3-4B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3-4B
LMArena Instruction Following1433—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#67), Qwen3-4B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3-4B
LMArena Longer Query1446—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.7 (#92), Qwen3-4B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3-4B
LMArena Text1443—
LMArena Creative Writing1416—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1368—
EQ-Bench 41120—
LMArena Multi-Turn1452—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Qwen3-4B?

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Qwen3-4B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.

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