Gemma 3 1B vs Gemma 3 4B
Gemma 3 4B leads the LLM Stats Score -1.9 to -10.5.
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Which is better?
Gemma 3 4B leads the overall LLM Stats Score -1.9 to -10.5, ranking #337 overall.
In the 18 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Gemma 3 4B wins 18; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Gemma 3 1B
- you are already invested in the Google ecosystem
Choose Gemma 3 4B
- overall performance matters — it scores -1.9 and ranks #337 on LLM Stats
- your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 18 of 18 exact shared results
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
18 reported for Gemma 3 1B · 26 for Gemma 3 4B
Gemma 3 1B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Gemma 3 4B is better at 18 benchmarks (BIG-Bench Extra Hard, BIG-Bench Hard, Bird-SQL (dev), ECLeKTic, FACTS Grounding, Global-MMLU-Lite, GPQA, GSM8k, HiddenMath, HumanEval, IFEval, LiveCodeBench, MATH, MBPP, MMLU-Pro, Natural2Code, SimpleQA, WMT24++).
Gemma 3 4B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Gemma 3 4B has 3.0B more parameters than Gemma 3 1B, making it 300.0% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Gemma 3 4B specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Gemma 3 4B specifies output context (131,072 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Gemma 3 4B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Gemma 3 1B does not.
Gemma 3 4B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Gemma 3 1B
Gemma 3 4B
License
Usage and distribution terms
Both models are licensed under Gemma.
Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.
Gemma
Open weights
Gemma
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Both models were released on 2025-03-12.
They likely represent similar generations of model development.
Mar 12, 2025
1.5 years ago
Mar 12, 2025
1.5 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Gemma 3 4B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-08-01, while Gemma 3 1B's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Gemma 3 4B's training data extends to 2024-08-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemma 3 1B's cutoff date.
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Aug 2024
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Gemma 3 1B and Gemma 3 4B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Gemma 3 1B vs Gemma 3 4B.