Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemma 4 E4B
39
ZAYA1-8B
62
Pick ZAYA1-8B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 E4B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Knowledge
+7.5 difference
Gemma 4 E4B
ZAYA1-8B
$0 / $0
$0 / $0
N/A
N/A
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128K
131K
Pick ZAYA1-8B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 E4B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
ZAYA1-8B is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 62 to 39. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
ZAYA1-8B's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 73.1 against 65.6. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 58.6% to 71%.
ZAYA1-8B gives you the larger context window at 131K, compared with 128K for Gemma 4 E4B.
ZAYA1-8B is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 62 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 58.6% and 71%.
ZAYA1-8B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.1 versus 65.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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