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Gemma 3 4B vs MediPhi Clinical

Gemma 3 4B (Google) and MediPhi Clinical (Microsoft) 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 22 September 2026

As of 22 September 2026, Gemma 3 4B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#186 vs #188); and MediPhi Clinical ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Gemma 3 4B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #186 against #188 (24.1 vs 23.0 points).
  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.

Choose MediPhi Clinical if…

  • you want to self-host: MediPhi Clinical ships open weights while Gemma 3 4B is gated access.
  • you want the more recently listed model — MediPhi Clinical was listed 29 May 2025, Gemma 3 4B 13 March 2025.

Gemma 3 4B vs MediPhi Clinical: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Gemma 3 4B and MediPhi Clinical
FieldGemma 3 4BGoogleMediPhi ClinicalMicrosoft
ModelCap Index position#186#188
Index score24.123.0
EvidenceMeasuredInherited
Input price / 1M tokens$0.05Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$0.10Unlisted
Context window131K tokens— tokens
Max output tokens16K—
API providers listed10
Weight accessGated accessOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed13 March 202529 May 2025
PublisherGoogleMicrosoft

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · finetune of microsoft/Phi-3.5-mini-instruct · finetune (100%). Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Gemma 3 4B vs MediPhi Clinical

Public benchmark boards where Gemma 3 4B or MediPhi Clinical has a published result
BoardGemma 3 4BMediPhi ClinicalLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)12741250–1297—Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)19.6Prompt—Only 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 3 4B vs MediPhi Clinical: common questions

Is Gemma 3 4B better than MediPhi Clinical?

Gemma 3 4B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 22 September 2026: #186 against #188. 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 3 4B cheaper than MediPhi Clinical?

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 3 4B or MediPhi Clinical?

Both publish a 131K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 3 4B or MediPhi Clinical?

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 3 4B and MediPhi Clinical open-weight models?

Gemma 3 4B: Gated access. MediPhi Clinical: Open weights. 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 3 4B and MediPhi Clinical?

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

How current is this Gemma 3 4B vs MediPhi Clinical comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 22 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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