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Gemma 4 E4B vs o3

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 13 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

39/100
Margin
15.0pts
winning →
OpenAI
54/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Evidence parity. Gemma 4 E4B and o3 share 13 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 2 results are unique to Gemma 4 E4B; 4 to o3.

Updated July 14, 2026
Shared results
13
Gemma 4 E4B only
2
o3 only
4
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Gemma 4 E4B and o3 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 13 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

o3 is priced at $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Gemma 4 E4B. o3 has the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Gemma 4 E4B.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for Gemma 4 E4B and o3
CategoryGemma 4 E4BΔo3
KnowledgeGemma 4 E4B67.4MarginNo overlapo3Not measured
MathGemma 4 E4BNot measuredMarginNo overlapo314.5

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGemma 4 E4Bo3Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGemma 4 E4B$0 input / $0 outputo3$2 input / $8 outputGemma 4 E4B has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGemma 4 E4BNot availableo3118 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGemma 4 E4BNot availableo35.38 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGemma 4 E4B128Ko3200Ko3 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGemma 4 E4Bo3Result
Tau2-TelecomSource 20.8%80.7%o3 leads
Coding
BenchmarkGemma 4 E4Bo3Result
Terminal-Bench HardSource 8.3%37.1%o3 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 24.4%41.0%o3 leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkGemma 4 E4Bo3Result
AA-LCRSource 30.7%69.3%o3 leads
CritPtSource 0.6%1.1%o3 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGemma 4 E4Bo3Result
GPQASource 58.6%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 69.4%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 12.5%30.4%o3 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 57.6%82.7%o3 leads
AA-HLESource 3.7%20.0%o3 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -20.0%-15.3%o3 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 8.6%38.4%o3 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 31.3%87.1%Gemma 4 E4B leads
Math
BenchmarkGemma 4 E4Bo3Result
AA MATH-500Source 99.2%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 18.685%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 2.083%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGemma 4 E4Bo3Result
AA-MMMU-ProSource 51.4%70.1%o3 leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1071Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGemma 4 E4Bo3Result
AA-IFBenchSource 44.2%71.4%o3 leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Gemma 4 E4B and o3 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Gemma 4 E4B and o3 today?

Gemma 4 E4B: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens o3: $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 14, 2026

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