Gemma 4 E4B vs Qwen3 235B 2507

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· Qwen3 235B 2507

Quick Verdict

Treat this as a split decision. Gemma 4 E4B makes more sense if coding is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile; Qwen3 235B 2507 is the better fit if reasoning is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Gemma 4 E4B and Qwen3 235B 2507 finish on the same overall score, so this is less about a single winner and more about where the edge shows up. The headline says tie; the benchmark table is where the real choice happens.

Gemma 4 E4B is the reasoning model in the pair, while Qwen3 235B 2507 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.

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context128K128K

Decision framing

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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 E4BQwen3 235B 2507
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.033%
BrowseComp40%
OSWorld-Verified30%
CodingGemma 4 E4B wins
LiveCodeBench52%51.8%
HumanEval31%
SWE-bench Verified15%
SWE-bench Pro19%
Multimodal & GroundedGemma 4 E4B wins
MMMU-Pro52.6%38%
OfficeQA Pro46%
ReasoningQwen3 235B 2507 wins
BBH33.1%60%
MRCRv225.4%52%
MuSR35%
LongBench v252%
KnowledgeGemma 4 E4B wins
GPQA58.6%77.5%
MMLU-Pro69.4%83%
MMLU39%
SuperGPQA62.6%
HLE1%
FrontierScience39%
SimpleQA54.3%
Instruction Following
IFEval88.7%
Multilingual
MGSM63%
MMLU-ProX79.4%
Mathematics
AIME 202339%
AIME 202441%
AIME 202570.3%
HMMT Feb 202335%
HMMT Feb 202437%
HMMT Feb 202536%
BRUMO 202538%
MATH-50057%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, Gemma 4 E4B or Qwen3 235B 2507?

Gemma 4 E4B and Qwen3 235B 2507 are tied on overall score, so the right pick depends on which category matters most for your use case.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 E4B or Qwen3 235B 2507?

Gemma 4 E4B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.6 versus 49.4. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 E4B or Qwen3 235B 2507?

Gemma 4 E4B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 52 versus 30.7. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 4 E4B or Qwen3 235B 2507?

Qwen3 235B 2507 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 47.5 versus 25.4. Inside this category, BBH is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemma 4 E4B or Qwen3 235B 2507?

Gemma 4 E4B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 52.6 versus 41.6. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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