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MedGemma 4B IT vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct leads the LLM Stats Score 21.1 to -4.5.

Google · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct leads the overall LLM Stats Score 21.1 to -4.5, ranking #189 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose MedGemma 4B IT

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped May 2025

Choose Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

  • overall performance matters — it scores 21.1 and ranks #189 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

MedGemma 4B IT
Google
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-4.5
#349
21.1
#189
Reasoning
-5.0
#346
21.1
#182
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.30 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.00 / M
Context window
—
262,144

Individual benchmarks

7 reported for MedGemma 4B IT · 10 for Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

MedGemma 4B IT and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

475.7B diff

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct has 475.7B more parameters than MedGemma 4B IT, making it 11062.8% larger.

Google
MedGemma 4B IT
4.3Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
480.0Bparameters
4.3B
MedGemma 4B IT
480.0B
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct specifies output context (262,144 tokens).

Google
MedGemma 4B IT
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Mon Sep 21 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

MedGemma 4B IT supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct does not.

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

MedGemma 4B IT

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

MedGemma 4B IT is licensed under Health AI Developer Foundations terms of use, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

MedGemma 4B IT

Health AI Developer Foundations terms of use

Open weights

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

MedGemma 4B IT was released on 2025-05-20, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct was released on 2025-01-31.

MedGemma 4B IT is 4 months newer than Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct.

MedGemma 4B IT

May 20, 2025

1.3 years ago

3mo newer
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Jan 31, 2025

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against MedGemma 4B IT and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about MedGemma 4B IT vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct.

Which is better, MedGemma 4B IT or Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct leads the LLM Stats Score 21.1 to -4.5. MedGemma 4B IT is made by Google and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does MedGemma 4B IT compare to Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct in benchmarks?

MedGemma 4B IT scores MIMIC CXR: 88.9%, DermMCQA: 71.8%, PathMCQA: 69.8%, SlakeVQA: 62.3%, VQA-Rad: 49.9%. Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct scores TAU-bench Retail: 77.5%, SWE-Bench Verified: 69.6%, BFCL-v3: 68.7%, Aider-Polyglot: 61.8%, TAU-bench Airline: 60.0%.

What are the context window sizes for MedGemma 4B IT and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

MedGemma 4B IT supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct supports 262K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between MedGemma 4B IT and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-4.5 vs 21.1), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Health AI Developer Foundations terms of use vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes MedGemma 4B IT and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

MedGemma 4B IT is developed by Google and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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