Which is better for coding — Gemma 3 4B or Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

Direct comparison on the SWE-Bench benchmark is not available. We recommend reviewing other metrics on the comparison page.

Which model is cheaper — Gemma 3 4B or Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is cheaper for input: $0.01 per 1M tokens vs $0.02.

Which has a larger context window — Gemma 3 4B or Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

Gemma 3 4B supports a larger context: 131,072 tokens vs 128,000.

Gemma 3 4B vs Llama 3.2 3B Instruct: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

Gemma 3 4B

Google

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Characteristic	Gemma 3 4B	Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Company	Google	Meta
Release Date	March 12, 2025	September 25, 2024
Parameters	4B	3B
Multimodal	Yes	No
Context (input)	131K	128K
Context (output)	131K	128K
Input Price / 1M	$0.02	$0.01
Output Price / 1M	$0.04	$0.02
Average Score	0.5	0.6
Benchmarks
MATH	0.8	0.5
IFEval	0.9	0.8
GSM8k	0.9	0.8
GPQA	0.3	0.3

Visual Benchmark Comparison

Gemma 3 4B

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

MATH0.8 vs 0.5

0.8

0.5

IFEval0.9 vs 0.8

0.9

0.8

GSM8k0.9 vs 0.8

0.9

0.8

GPQA0.3 vs 0.3

0.3

Verdict

Gemma 3 4B leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: Gemma 3 4B — 0.5, Llama 3.2 3B Instruct — 0.6.

API Cost

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is 2.0x cheaper: input $0.01/1M vs $0.02/1M tokens.

Context Window

Gemma 3 4B supports a larger context: 131K vs 128K tokens.

Recency

Gemma 3 4B is newer: released 3/12/2025 vs 9/25/2024.

More About These Models

Gemma 3 4B

Google — specs, benchmarks, API

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Meta — specs, benchmarks, API

The Gemma 3 4B and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct comparison is updated for 2026. Data includes benchmark results, API pricing, context window size and other specifications. For more detailed information, visit the Gemma 3 4B or Llama 3.2 3B Instruct page. See also the complete list of AI model comparisons.