Gemma 4 E2B 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 E2B· o3

Quick Verdict

Pick o3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 E2B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

o3 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 64 to 39. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o3's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 62 against 19.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is BBH, 21.9% to 86%.

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 E2B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. o3 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Gemma 4 E2B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderGoogleOpenAI
PriceFree*$10.00 / $40.00
SpeedN/A118 t/s
TTFTN/A5.38s
Context128K200K

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 E2Bo3
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.071%
BrowseComp75%
OSWorld-Verified65%
Codingo3 wins
LiveCodeBench44%40%
HumanEval78%
SWE-bench Verified71.7%
SWE-bench Pro58%
Multimodal & Groundedo3 wins
MMMU-Pro44.2%70%
OfficeQA Pro75%
VideoMMMU83.3%
Reasoningo3 wins
BBH21.9%86%
MRCRv219.1%81%
MuSR82%
LongBench v282%
ARC-AGI-23%
Knowledgeo3 wins
GPQA43.4%
MMLU-Pro60%75%
MMLU86%
HLE24%
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 E2B or o3?

o3 is ahead overall, 64 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is BBH, where the scores are 21.9% and 86%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 E2B or o3?

o3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 57 versus 54.1. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 E2B or o3?

o3 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 54.2 versus 44. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 4 E2B or o3?

o3 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 62 versus 19.1. Inside this category, BBH is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemma 4 E2B or o3?

o3 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 72.3 versus 44.2. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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