Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Gemma 3 4B

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.7

Rank #292 Confirmed

Gemma 3 4B Google

27.9

Rank #320 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 3 categories and Gemma 3 4B in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads 19.2 to 12.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 33% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 23.2% for Gemma 3 4B.
  • Gemma 3 4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BGemma 3 4B
ProviderGoogleGoogle
Noometry Index29.727.9
Released2024-10-032025-03-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—4K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.04
Output $ / M tokens—$0.08
Results tracked2122

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Gemma 3 4B: 35.3 (#214)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGemma 3 4B
LMArena Coding12181230

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, Gemma 3 4B: 20.7 (#134)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGemma 3 4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—19.6%

Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Gemma 3 4B: 12.7 (#330)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGemma 3 4B
LMArena Hard Prompts12101253
DTBench50%50.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—25.2%
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMCA—2.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index—116.02

Math Gemma 3 4B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Gemma 3 4B: 15.8 (#286)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGemma 3 4B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%7.5%
LMArena Math12071239

Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#294)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGemma 3 4B
GPQA Diamond33%23.2%
LMArena Expert11851223
Vectara Hallucination Rate—6.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Gemma 3 4B: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGemma 3 4B
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Gemma 3 4B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Gemma 3 4B: 42.7 (#189)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGemma 3 4B
LMArena Non-English12151273
LMArena German12061281
LMArena Russian12361294
LMArena Chinese1231—
LMArena French1233—
LMArena Japanese1150—
LMArena Korean1140—
LMArena Spanish1212—

Instruction Following Gemma 3 4B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Gemma 3 4B: 65.4 (#219)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGemma 3 4B
LMArena Instruction Following11991239

Long Context Gemma 3 4B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Gemma 3 4B: 38.6 (#189)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGemma 3 4B
LMArena Longer Query12191274

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Gemma 3 4B: 42.2 (#234)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGemma 3 4B
LMArena Text12261291
LMArena Creative Writing12181270
LMArena Multi-Turn11851255
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1068

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Gemma 3 4B?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Gemma 3 4B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (34.9 vs 35.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Gemma 3 4B share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 4B has 22.

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