Gemma 4 31B vs o3

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

Gemma 4 31B· o3

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemma 4 31B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o3 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Gemma 4 31B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 73 to 64. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemma 4 31B's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 80 against 54.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 80% to 40%.

o3 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $10.00 input / $40.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Gemma 4 31B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Gemma 4 31B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 200K for o3.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderGoogleOpenAI
PriceFree*$10.00 / $40.00
SpeedN/A118 t/s
TTFTN/A5.38s
Context256K200K

Decision framing

BenchLM keeps the benchmark table and the operator tradeoffs on the same page so a better score does not hide a materially slower, pricier, or smaller-context model.

Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkGemma 4 31Bo3
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.071%
BrowseComp75%
OSWorld-Verified65%
CodingGemma 4 31B wins
LiveCodeBench80%40%
HumanEval78%
SWE-bench Verified71.7%
SWE-bench Pro58%
Multimodal & GroundedGemma 4 31B wins
MMMU-Pro76.9%70%
OfficeQA Pro75%
VideoMMMU83.3%
ReasoningGemma 4 31B wins
BBH74.4%86%
MRCRv266.4%81%
MuSR82%
LongBench v282%
ARC-AGI-23%
KnowledgeGemma 4 31B wins
GPQA84.3%
MMLU-Pro85.2%75%
HLE26.5%24%
HLE w/o tools19.5%
MMLU86%
FrontierScience77%
Instruction Following
IFEval85%
Multilingual
MGSM83%
MMLU-ProX80%
Mathematics
AIME 202388%
AIME 202490%
AIME 202589%
HMMT Feb 202384%
HMMT Feb 202486%
HMMT Feb 202585%
BRUMO 202587%
MATH-50088%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, Gemma 4 31B or o3?

Gemma 4 31B is ahead overall, 73 to 64. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 80% and 40%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 31B or o3?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.3 versus 57. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 31B or o3?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 54.2. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 4 31B or o3?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 66.4 versus 62. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemma 4 31B or o3?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.9 versus 72.3. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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