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Model comparison

Gemma 4 31B IT vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.5

Rank #90 Confirmed

Qwen3 Coder Next Alibaba (Qwen)

34.3

Rank #232 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3 Coder Next in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 42.3 to 36.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 52.3% for Gemma 4 31B IT and 34.4% for Qwen3 Coder Next.
  • Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.34 per million input/output tokens, against $0.12 / $0.80 for Qwen3 Coder Next.

Side by side

Gemma 4 31B ITQwen3 Coder Next
ProviderGoogleAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.534.3
Released2026-04-022026-02-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K262K
Max output33K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.09$0.12
Output $ / M tokens$0.34$0.80
Results tracked353

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3 Coder Next
SciCode43.4%32.3%
WeirdML52.3%34.4%
LMArena WebDev1366—
LMArena Coding1459—
ALE-Bench925.5—

Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3 Coder Next
CritPt1.4%0%
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)70.6%—
Chess Puzzles5%—
Thematic Generalization53%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1448—
DTBench82.7%—
LMCA39.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench30.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index142.74—

Math Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3 Coder Next
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%—
LMArena Math1465—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3 Coder Next
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
SimpleQA Verified10.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%—
LMArena Expert1465—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Vision1277—
LMArena Document1425—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Non-English1431—
LMArena Chinese1476—
LMArena French1435—
LMArena Russian1460—
LMArena Spanish1444—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Instruction Following1433—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Longer Query1446—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITQwen3 Coder Next
LMArena Text1443—
LMArena Creative Writing1415—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1368—
EQ-Bench 41120—
LMArena Multi-Turn1452—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Qwen3 Coder Next?

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B IT or Qwen3 Coder Next?

Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder Next lists at $0.12 and $0.80.

Is Gemma 4 31B IT or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?

Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 36.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

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

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.

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