Gemma 4 E4B vs o1

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 E4B· o1

Quick Verdict

Pick o1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 E4B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

o1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 64 to 47. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o1's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 78.1 against 25.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MRCRv2, 25.4% to 77%. Gemma 4 E4B does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

o1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $15.00 input / $60.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Gemma 4 E4B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. o1 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Gemma 4 E4B.

Operational tradeoffs

ProviderGoogleOpenAI
PriceFree*$15.00 / $60.00
SpeedN/A98 t/s
TTFTN/A32.29s
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 E4Bo1
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.066%
BrowseComp72%
OSWorld-Verified60%
CodingGemma 4 E4B wins
LiveCodeBench52%
SWE-bench Verified41%
SWE-bench Pro50%
Multimodal & Groundedo1 wins
MMMU-Pro52.6%68%
OfficeQA Pro74%
Reasoningo1 wins
BBH33.1%
MRCRv225.4%77%
LongBench v279%
Knowledgeo1 wins
GPQA58.6%75.7%
MMLU-Pro69.4%
MMLU91.8%
FrontierScience65%
Instruction Following
IFEval92.2%
Multilingual
MMLU-ProX77%
Mathematics
AIME 202474.3%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, Gemma 4 E4B or o1?

o1 is ahead overall, 64 to 47. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MRCRv2, where the scores are 25.4% and 77%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 E4B or o1?

o1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.3 versus 65.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 E4B or o1?

Gemma 4 E4B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 52 versus 46.6. o1 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 4 E4B or o1?

o1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 78.1 versus 25.4. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemma 4 E4B or o1?

o1 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.7 versus 52.6. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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