Model Comparison

Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen2 7B Instruct

Qwen2 7B Instruct has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

7 benchmarks

Gemma 3 4B outperforms in 3 benchmarks (GPQA, GSM8k, MATH), while Qwen2 7B Instruct is better at 4 benchmarks (HumanEval, LiveCodeBench, MBPP, MMLU-Pro).

Qwen2 7B Instruct has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

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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 7B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

3.6B diff

Qwen2 7B Instruct has 3.6B more parameters than Gemma 3 4B, making it 90.5% larger.

Google
Gemma 3 4B
4.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
7.6Bparameters
4.0B
Gemma 3 4B
7.6B
Qwen2 7B 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 7B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemma 3 4B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2 7B 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 7B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 3 4B is licensed under Gemma, while Qwen2 7B 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 7B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 3 4B was released on 2025-03-12, while Qwen2 7B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Gemma 3 4B is 8 months newer than Qwen2 7B Instruct.

Gemma 3 4B

Mar 12, 2025

1.1 years ago

7mo newer
Qwen2 7B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.7 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemma 3 4B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-08-01, while Qwen2 7B 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 7B Instruct's cutoff date.

Gemma 3 4B

Aug 2024

Qwen2 7B Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Google
Larger context window (131,072 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (30.8% vs 25.3%)
Higher GSM8k score (89.2% vs 82.3%)
Higher MATH score (75.6% vs 49.6%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2 7B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Higher HumanEval score (79.9% vs 71.3%)
Higher LiveCodeBench score (26.6% vs 12.6%)
Higher MBPP score (67.2% vs 63.2%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (44.1% vs 43.6%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemma 3 4B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen2 7B Instruct

Qwen2 7B Instruct has a slight edge in benchmark performance. Gemma 3 4B is made by Google and Qwen2 7B 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 7B Instruct scores MT-Bench: 84.1%, GSM8k: 82.3%, HumanEval: 79.9%, C-Eval: 77.2%, AlignBench: 72.1%.
Gemma 3 4B supports 131K tokens and Qwen2 7B 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 7B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.