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Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL vs Gemma 3 4B

Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL (Aisingapore) and Gemma 3 4B (Google) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, Gemma 3 4B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#146 vs #149).

Which should you choose?

Choose Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL if…

  • you want the more recently listed model — Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL was listed 5 February 2026, Gemma 3 4B 13 March 2025.

Choose Gemma 3 4B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #146 against #149 (19.3 vs 18.1 points).
  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.

Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL vs Gemma 3 4B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL and Gemma 3 4B
FieldGemma SEA LION v4 4B VLAisingaporeGemma 3 4BGoogle
ModelCap Index position#149#146
Index score18.119.3
EvidenceInheritedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.05
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.10
Context window— tokens131K tokens
Max output tokens—16K
API providers listed01
Weight accessRestricted licenseGated access
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
First listed5 February 202613 March 2025
PublisherAisingaporeGoogle

Evidence: finetune of google/gemma-3-4b-it · finetune (100%) · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL vs Gemma 3 4B

Public benchmark boards where Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL or Gemma 3 4B has a published result
BoardGemma SEA LION v4 4B VLGemma 3 4BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—12741250–1298Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)—19.6PromptOnly one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis—0.4%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Gemma 3 4B":reasoning=falseOnly one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis—5.0%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Gemma 3 4B":reasoning=falseOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—5.3%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Gemma 3 4B":reasoning=falseOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL vs Gemma 3 4B: common questions

Is Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL better than Gemma 3 4B?

Gemma 3 4B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #146 against #149. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL cheaper than Gemma 3 4B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL or Gemma 3 4B?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL or Gemma 3 4B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL and Gemma 3 4B open-weight models?

Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL: Restricted license. Gemma 3 4B: Gated access. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL and Gemma 3 4B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL and 1 for Gemma 3 4B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Gemma SEA LION v4 4B VL vs Gemma 3 4B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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