Model comparison
Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat
Gemma 3 4B and Qwen1.5 4b Chat score almost the same on the Noometry Index (28.1 vs 28.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 3 4B leads 42.5 to 24.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 4B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | |
| Noometry Index | 28.1 | 28.8 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.04 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3 4B leads
Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1230 | 999 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 19.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1253 | 976 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 25.2% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 50.9% | — |
| LMCA | 2.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 116.02 | — |
Math Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1239 | 1026 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 7.5% | — |
Knowledge Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 980 |
| GPQA Diamond | 23.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.4% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 3 4B leads
Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | 979 |
| LMArena German | 1281 | 902 |
| LMArena Russian | 1294 | 952 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1024 |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 4B leads
Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1239 | 978 |
Long Context Gemma 3 4B leads
Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1273 | 988 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 4B leads
Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1291 | 997 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1271 | 969 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1255 | 977 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1068 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 4B better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?
Gemma 3 4B and Qwen1.5 4b Chat score almost the same on the Noometry Index (28.1 vs 28.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 3 4B or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?
Gemma 3 4B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.