Model Comparison

Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

Gemma 3 4B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is better at 6 benchmarks (GPQA, GSM8k, HumanEval, MATH, MBPP, MMLU-Pro).

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemma 3 4B
Input tokens$0.02
Output tokens$0.04
Best providerDeepinfra
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

10.7B diff

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has 10.7B more parameters than Gemma 3 4B, making it 267.5% larger.

Google
Gemma 3 4B
4.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
14.7Bparameters
4.0B
Gemma 3 4B
14.7B
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

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).

Google
Gemma 3 4B
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemma 3 4B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not.

Gemma 3 4B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemma 3 4B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 3 4B is licensed under Gemma, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemma 3 4B

Gemma

Open weights

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 3 4B was released on 2025-03-12, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Gemma 3 4B is 6 months newer than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct.

Gemma 3 4B

Mar 12, 2025

1.1 years ago

5mo newer
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemma 3 4B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-08-01, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct'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 Qwen2.5 14B Instruct's cutoff date.

Gemma 3 4B

Aug 2024

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (131,072 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Higher GPQA score (45.5% vs 30.8%)
Higher GSM8k score (94.8% vs 89.2%)
Higher HumanEval score (83.5% vs 71.3%)
Higher MATH score (80.0% vs 75.6%)
Higher MBPP score (82.0% vs 63.2%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (63.7% vs 43.6%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemma 3 4B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemma 3 4B is made by Google and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Gemma 3 4B scores IFEval: 90.2%, GSM8k: 89.2%, DocVQA: 75.8%, MATH: 75.6%, AI2D: 74.8%. Qwen2.5 14B Instruct scores GSM8k: 94.8%, HumanEval: 83.5%, MBPP: 82.0%, MATH: 80.0%, MMLU-Redux: 80.0%.
Gemma 3 4B supports 131K tokens and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Gemma vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemma 3 4B is developed by Google and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.