Gemma 4 31B vs Qwen2.5-VL-32B

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· Qwen2.5-VL-32B

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemma 4 31B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen2.5-VL-32B only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Gemma 4 31B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 73 to 50. 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 multimodal & grounded, where it averages 76.9 against 49.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 84.3% to 46%.

Gemma 4 31B is the reasoning model in the pair, while Qwen2.5-VL-32B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Gemma 4 31B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for Qwen2.5-VL-32B.

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context256K32K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkGemma 4 31BQwen2.5-VL-32B
Agentic
Coming soon
Coding
LiveCodeBench80%
HumanEval91.5%
Multimodal & GroundedGemma 4 31B wins
MMMU-Pro76.9%49.5%
Reasoning
BBH74.4%
MRCRv266.4%
KnowledgeGemma 4 31B wins
GPQA84.3%46%
MMLU-Pro85.2%68.8%
HLE26.5%
HLE w/o tools19.5%
Instruction Following
Coming soon
Multilingual
Coming soon
Mathematics
Coming soon
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Which is better, Gemma 4 31B or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Gemma 4 31B is ahead overall, 73 to 50. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 84.3% and 46%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 31B or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.3 versus 60.8. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemma 4 31B or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.9 versus 49.5. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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