Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Gemma 3 4B
Gemma 3 4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.1 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 2 categories and Gemma 3 4B in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude 2 leads 21.7 to 13.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 34.7% for Claude 2 and 23.2% for Gemma 3 4B.
- Gemma 3 4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Gemma 3 4B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 28.1 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2025-03-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.04 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1230 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 19.6% |
Reasoning Claude 2 leads
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 50.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | 116.02 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 25.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1253 |
| LMCA | — | 2.8% |
Math Gemma 3 4B leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 7.5% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1239 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Claude 2 leads
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 23.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 6.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1223 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1273 |
| LMArena German | — | 1281 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1294 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1239 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1273 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Gemma 3 4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1291 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1271 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1068 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1255 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Gemma 3 4B?
Gemma 3 4B is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.1 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Gemma 3 4B share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 4B has 22.