Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs Gemma 3 4B
Gemma 3 4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.9 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 2 categories and Gemma 3 4B in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Gemma 3 4B leads 35.3 to 25.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 33% for Claude 2.1 and 23.2% for Gemma 3 4B.
- Gemma 3 4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | Gemma 3 4B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 27.9 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2025-03-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.04 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3 4B leads
Claude 2.1: 25.8 (#322), Gemma 3 4B: 35.3 (#214)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1230 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemma 3 4B: 20.7 (#134)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 19.6% |
Reasoning Claude 2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 20.6 (#216), Gemma 3 4B: 12.7 (#330)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51% | 50.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.22 | 116.02 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 25.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1253 |
| LMCA | — | 2.8% |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
Math Gemma 3 4B leads
Claude 2.1: 9.6 (#309), Gemma 3 4B: 15.8 (#286)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | 7.5% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1239 |
Knowledge Claude 2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 15.5 (#287), Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#294)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 23.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 6.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1223 |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemma 3 4B: 42.7 (#189)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1273 |
| LMArena German | — | 1281 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1294 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemma 3 4B: 65.4 (#219)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1239 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemma 3 4B: 38.6 (#189)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1274 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Gemma 3 4B: 42.2 (#234)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1291 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1270 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1068 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1255 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than Gemma 3 4B?
Gemma 3 4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.9 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 2.1 or Gemma 3 4B better for coding?
Gemma 3 4B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.3 versus 25.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Gemma 3 4B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 4B has 22.