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Gemma 3 4B

Arena #287Official publisher releaseGated access7d #254 → #255

Google·#255 of 352 on the current board·cheaper than #252 Nemotron 3 Ultra

Gemma 3 4B is a language model from Google. It ranks #255 of 352 on ModelCap's current board, with an Index score of 26.0, measured on 2 public benchmarks. Its score range of 20.0–32.0 spans positions #226–#288. It is listed at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens across 2 providers. It reads up to 131K tokens of context, and its weights are downloadable after an access request.

Figures as of 6 Nov 2026, 13:52 UTC · download the public dataset · methodology

ModelCap Index · Current board
26.0#255
Measured on 2 public benchmarks · range 20.0–32.0
Evidence as of 28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Market Gravity
31.0Decreased by 1.1
Secondary market signal
Input
$0.05
per 1M tokens
Output
$0.10
per 1M tokens
Context
131K
tokens
Providers
2
endpoints

Providers

Uptime measured over the last 30 minutes
ProviderInputOutputContextQuantUptime
Parasailbf16Cheapest$0.04$0.05131Kbf1663.33%
DeepInfrabf16$0.05$0.10131Kbf16100.0%

Hugging Face Inference Providers

Exact repository identity

Provider economics and telemetry published by the Hugging Face Router. These are operational signals, not benchmark results.

ProviderInputOutputContextTTFTThroughputFeatures
deepinfra
live
$0.05$0.10131K253 ms54.9 tok/stools · structured
featherless-ai
live
——————

Reported evaluation leads (8)

Not independent measurement

Structured rows reported in this exact model repository at the pinned revision below. They are the publisher talking about itself: never measured evidence, never a score input on their own. They remain quarantined until dataset revision, harness, configuration and identity pass ModelCap’s independent admission review.

Dataset / taskMetricValueRevisionProvenance
Idavidrein/gpqa
main
—16.3677
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined
Idavidrein/gpqa
diamond
—36.8687
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined
MBZUAI/longshot-bench
overall
—35.8
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined
MBZUAI/longshot-bench
core_perception
—28.86
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined
MBZUAI/longshot-bench
reasoning
—41.51
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined
MBZUAI/longshot-bench
information
—34.08
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined
MBZUAI/longshot-bench
multimodal
—38.75
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined
sapbot/ask-my-agent-bench-2
fallback
—32.4
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined

ModelCap Index · Current board

Methodology
26.0
Measured on 2 public benchmarks
Current board
#255 of 352
Score range
20.0–32.0
Rank range
#226–#288
Evidence as of
28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Benchmarks used
Arena Coding, Arena Overall
Technical details
Public rank basis
Measured (measured)
Evidence label
Measured · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards
Index support
50.3% · moderate
Identity binding
Exact catalogue product · google/google/gemma-3-4b-it · aggregates disclosed benchmark configurations · endpoint configuration not claimed · artifact metadata google/gemma-3-4b-it@093f9f388b31de276ce2de164bdc2081324b9767 (not the evaluation revision)
Index observations used
2
Qualified Index evidence point
26.0
Bayesian Evidence Score · measured evidence input only

BES normalizes admitted public benchmark evidence for measured Index rows. Its legacy score and observables prior do not define the public language rank.

Observed capability
26.0
Evidence status
confirmed · 73% mass
General preference
27.2
Coding
17.8
Agents & tools
—
Reasoning
—
Evidence breadth
92%
Evidence coverage
50%
Market and catalogue signals · secondary, never the language Index rank
Usage (OpenRouter popularity)
10.2
Liquidity (providers × uptime)
69.7
Open reach (HF downloads)
—
Surface (context / tools / modalities)
40.2
Freshness
10.1
  • · OpenRouter popularity #187
  • · 2 live providers
  • · Catalogue: context 131072, modalities Text/Image
  • · First seen 2025-03-13

These adoption and deployment observations remain context only. They do not change this model's ModelCap Index score or rank.

BES evidence selected · measured input only

The bounded 0–100 capability score blends each source’s competitive placement with its published achievement, then combines capability families. Evidence breadth adds a modest uncertainty adjustment; price and popularity are not part of benchmark-led rank.

Deployment readiness

Metadata index
78.9
strong · 93% metadata coverage
Not capability
Artifact reproducibility
100.0
Access & legal clarity
68.3
Deployability
85.3
Evaluation provenance
48.3

Not yet published: a link to the licence terms, pinned evaluation dataset versions.

A metadata completeness and deployability index—not a safety certification, quality grade, or production-readiness claim.

Market activity

Venue coverage
Market Gravity
31.0
OpenRouter weekly popularity
#187 of 339

Market Gravity uses OpenRouter’s full-catalogue popularity order. Sparse Vercel top-ten observations appear only when published and do not affect the score.

Arena preference

Status
Ranked
Source
LMArena
Official rank
#287 of 419
Rating
1303.2
95% confidence interval
1294–1313
Votes
4K
Source published at
28 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Category
overall
Identity match confidence
99%

Market Gravity breakdown

Usage55%
10.2

OpenRouter weekly popularity across the full model catalogue.

Liquidity25%
69.7

Independent providers versus the model's open or closed cohort, weighted by uptime.

Open reach15%
50.0

Hugging Face 30-day downloads for open models; neutral for closed models.

Freshness5%
10.1

Time since first public availability, on a six-month half-life.

Specification

Model ID
google/gemma-3-4b-it
Context window
131K tokens
Declared output cap
16K tokens

OpenRouter catalogue or provider-endpoint declaration. Limits can vary by provider and prompt length; a model-wide maximum has not been independently verified. OpenRouter metadata

Inputs
Text, Image
Outputs
Text
Tokenizer
Gemini
Cached input tokens
Not offered
First seen on OpenRouter
13 Mar 2025
Knowledge cutoff
2024-08-31

Capabilities

  • Not supported: Reasoning
  • Not supported: Tool use
  • Supported: Structured output
  • Supported: Response format
  • Not supported: Moderated

Weights & access

Gated access. The weights are hosted behind an access request or acceptance step. Review the publisher's access requirements and license before use or redistribution.

Access
Gated access
Licence
gemma
Pinned revision
093f9f388b31
Parameters
4.3B
Architecture
Gemma3ForConditionalGeneration
Model type
gemma3
Hugging Face downloads (30d)
996K
Downloads (all time)
28.0M
Likes
2K
Repository updated
21 Mar 2025, 20:20 UTC

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Public benchmark boards on which Gemma 3 4B has a published result
LeaderboardScoreSource rankConfigurationPublished
Arena text leaderboardArena (LMArena)13031294–1313#287 of 419Not reported28 Oct 2026
Arena coding leaderboardArena (LMArena)12731250–1297#330 of 414Default28 Oct 2026
BFCL V4 function-calling leaderboardUC Berkeley (Gorilla)19.6#76 of 83Prompt12 Apr 2026

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Gemma 3 4B: common questions

How does Gemma 3 4B rank among AI models?

Gemma 3 4B holds ModelCap Index position #255 of 352 ranked language models as of 6 November 2026, with an Index score of 26.0 (interval 20.0–32.0); evidence: measured. The Index combines public benchmark boards with published uncertainty; the methodology page explains the weighting.

How much does Gemma 3 4B cost per 1M tokens?

Gemma 3 4B is listed at $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.10 per 1M output tokens as of 6 November 2026; the lowest output price among 2 providers is $0.05 on Parasail. Prices come from the OpenRouter catalogue and re-observe on every refresh. For 1,000 requests using 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, the listed rates imply $0.15 total (2M input + 0.5M output). This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the chosen endpoint's rate and limits before budgeting.

What is the context window of Gemma 3 4B?

Gemma 3 4B has a published context window of 131K tokens (131,072). The snapshot lists a 16,384 token catalogue-declared route output cap. OpenRouter catalogue or provider-endpoint declaration. Limits can vary by provider and prompt length; a model-wide maximum has not been independently verified. The providers table lists each endpoint's context limit.

Is Gemma 3 4B open-weight?

Gated access (gemma). The weights are hosted behind an access request or acceptance step. Review the publisher's access requirements and license before use or redistribution. The repository is google/gemma-3-4b-it on Hugging Face.

Which API providers serve Gemma 3 4B?

2 providers serve Gemma 3 4B through OpenRouter as of 6 November 2026: Parasail and DeepInfra. Each provider's price, context limit, quantization and measured uptime are in the providers table above.

Which benchmarks has Gemma 3 4B been evaluated on?

Gemma 3 4B has published results on 3 public boards tracked by ModelCap as of 6 November 2026: Arena text 1303 (#287 of 419), Arena coding 1273 (#330 of 414) and BFCL V4 19.6 (#76 of 83). Each board page ranks every tracked model on that benchmark. The ModelCap Index scores the results its methodology admits, with published uncertainty, and shows reference boards without scoring them.

How does Gemma 3 4B compare with gemma 3n E4B it?

Gemma 3 4B ranks #255 (Index 26.0) and gemma 3n E4B it ranks #238 (Index 30.2) on the ModelCap Index as of 6 November 2026. The head-to-head page lines up their benchmarks, listed prices, context windows and provider counts side by side.

When was Gemma 3 4B released?

Gemma 3 4B first appeared in the catalogue on 13 Mar 2025, with a published knowledge cutoff of 2024-08-31. It is the current version in its family. Rank and price movements since then are recorded on the site's changes feed.