# DBRX vs Gemma 3 4B

> DBRX is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-gemma-3-4b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 3 categories and Gemma 3 4B in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 3 4B leads 42.5 to 29.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 23.2% for Gemma 3 4B.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Google |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 28.1 |
| Rank | 311 | 326 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.04 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.08 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1230 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DBRX: —
- Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 19.6% |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1253 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 25.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 50.9% |
| LMCA | — | 2.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 116.02 |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1239 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 7.5% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 23.2% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1223 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 6.4% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1273 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1281 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1294 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | — |
| LMArena French | 1096 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1239 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1273 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1291 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1271 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1255 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1068 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Gemma 3 4B?

DBRX is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Gemma 3 4B better for coding?

Gemma 3 4B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Gemma 3 4B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 4B has 22.