Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Gemma 3n E4B Instructed leads with 20.1% higher average benchmark score. Ministral 8B Instruct offers 192.0K more tokens in context window than Gemma 3n E4B Instructed. Ministral 8B Instruct is $59.80 cheaper per million tokens. Gemma 3n E4B Instructed supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Gemma 3n E4B Instructed is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Gemma 3N E4B IT was created as the instruction-tuned version of Gemma 3N E4B, designed to combine improved capability with edge optimization. Built for applications requiring both responsive instruction-following and edge-friendly efficiency, it serves as a stronger option for on-device AI assistants.
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B was developed as a compact yet capable model from Mistral AI, designed to provide strong instruction-following with just 8 billion parameters. Built for applications requiring efficient deployment while maintaining reliable performance, it represents Mistral's smallest production-ready offering.
8 months newer

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
2024-10-16

Gemma 3n E4B Instructed
2025-06-26
Cost per million tokens (USD)

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Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

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Gemma 3n E4B Instructed
2024-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

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