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Model comparison

Gemma 4 31B IT vs Step 3.7 Flash

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.5

Rank #90 Confirmed

Step 3.7 Flash StepFun

37.3

Rank #207 Reported

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 3 categories and Step 3.7 Flash in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 27.2 to 21.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 70.6% for Gemma 4 31B IT and 39.7% for Step 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.34 per million input/output tokens, against $0.18 / $1.11 for Step 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemma 4 31B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 256K.

Side by side

Gemma 4 31B ITStep 3.7 Flash
ProviderGoogleStepFun
Noometry Index43.537.3
Released2026-04-022026-05-29
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K256K
Max output33K256K
Input $ / M tokens$0.09$0.18
Output $ / M tokens$0.34$1.11
Results tracked355

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108), Step 3.7 Flash: 40.0 (#150)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITStep 3.7 Flash
SciCode43.4%40%
ALE-Bench925.5694.12
LMArena WebDev1366—
WeirdML52.3%—
LMArena Coding1459—

Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122), Step 3.7 Flash: 21.6 (#219)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITStep 3.7 Flash
NYT Connections (extended)70.6%39.7%
CritPt1.4%2.3%
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.5%—
Chess Puzzles5%—
Thematic Generalization53%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1448—
DTBench82.7%—
LMCA39.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench30.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index142.74—

Math Too close to call

Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81), Step 3.7 Flash: 42.9 (#82)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITStep 3.7 Flash
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—68.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%—
LMArena Math1465—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITStep 3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
SimpleQA Verified10.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%—
LMArena Expert1465—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision1277—
LMArena Document1425—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1431—
LMArena Chinese1476—
LMArena French1435—
LMArena Russian1460—
LMArena Spanish1444—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1433—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1446—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITStep 3.7 Flash
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 Step 3.7 Flash?

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B IT or Step 3.7 Flash?

Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens; Step 3.7 Flash lists at $0.18 and $1.11.

Is Gemma 4 31B IT or Step 3.7 Flash better for coding?

Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 40.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 4 31B IT does, with 262K tokens against 256K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Step 3.7 Flash share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Step 3.7 Flash has 5.

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