Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads with 5.9% higher average benchmark score. Gemma 3 4B offers 122.9K more tokens in context window than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct. Gemma 3 4B is $0.54 cheaper per million tokens. Gemma 3 4B supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Gemma 3 4B was developed as a compact yet capable open-source model, designed to strike a balance between performance and resource efficiency. Built with 4 billion parameters and instruction tuning, it provides a practical option for applications requiring moderate capability with manageable computational costs.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 7B was created as an efficient instruction-tuned model, designed to provide capable performance with just 7 billion parameters. Built for applications requiring reliable language understanding with minimal computational overhead, it serves as an accessible entry point to the Qwen 2.5 family.
5 months newer

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Gemma 3 4B
2025-03-12
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Gemma 3 4B

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 8 common benchmarks

Gemma 3 4B

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Gemma 3 4B
2024-08-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Gemma 3 4B
DeepInfra

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Gemma 3 4B

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

Gemma 3 4B

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
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