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Gemma 4 31B vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Gemma 4 31B leads Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 14.7 to 11.9, and Gemma 4 31B costs 3.8x less per output token ($0.40 vs $1.50 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 38 benchmarks have a result for both.

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Gemma 4 31BGoogle
Coding
39.0
Overall
42.1
Output $/M
$0.40
38
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.50
0
vs boards won of 38 shared

Gemma 4 31B or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: which to pick

Only Gemma 4 31B has a coding score, 39.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Model AGemma 4 31BGoogle39.0/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwenNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
38
Gemma 4 31B only
33
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B only
15
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemma 4 31B 39.0 from 2 benchmarks, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Agentic work, 21.9 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
IFBench: Gemma 4 31B 75.6% against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 40.5%, 35.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemma 4 31B $0.40 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B $1.50 per million output tokens, 3.8x apart.
Context window
Both take 262K tokens.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemma 4 31BBarsQwen3 Coder 480B A35BTies
Coding80
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning60
Math20
Knowledge40
General160
All shared boards380
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index80
Coding benchmarks for Gemma 4 31B and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemma 4 31BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured69.6%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LiveBench coding49.0%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMArena WebDev13671275Gemma 4 31B
AA Coding Index43.4Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured58.5%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
SciCode45.5%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)36.4%18.9%Gemma 4 31B
Terminal-BenchNot measured27.2%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
GSO-BenchNot measured4.9%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
WeirdML52.3%41.2%Gemma 4 31B
ALE-Bench925.5461.4Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: coding14591412Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: software and IT14631393Gemma 4 31B
LMArena WebDev: React13591257Gemma 4 31B
LMArena WebDev: HTML13801287Gemma 4 31B
SciCode8.9%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemma 4 31B and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemma 4 31BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Intelligence Index14.711.9Gemma 4 31B
Epoch Capabilities Index143.0Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemma 4 31B and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemma 4 31BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Agentic Index4.2Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LiveBench research44.4%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LiveBench browser4.0%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LiveBench long agentic13.3%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
τ²-Bench Telecom65.5%43.6%Gemma 4 31B
Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemma 4 31B and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemma 4 31BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
LiveBench reasoning68.3%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)85.7%61.8%Gemma 4 31B
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)23.6%4.5%Gemma 4 31B
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)75.8%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14481372Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: expert14641338Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14561380Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Vision: diagrams1283Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMArena Vision: homework1310Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.5%49.5%Gemma 4 31B
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for Gemma 4 31B and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemma 4 31BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Math IndexNot measured39.3Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured39.3%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
OTIS Mock AIME73.3%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMArena Text: math14631365Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: mathematical work14651367Gemma 4 31B
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemma 4 31B and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemma 4 31BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
CaseLaw (Vals AI)52.6%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)61.4%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured78.8%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
SimpleQA Verified10.4%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMArena Text: science14571347Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14511347Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: legal and government14381358Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: business and finance14301343Gemma 4 31B
FACTS Benchmark Suite45.3%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Gemma 4 31B and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemma 4 31BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1158Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1110Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1098Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1084Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1142Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LiveBench design58.4%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index160
General benchmarks for Gemma 4 31B and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemma 4 31BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
LiveBench data analysis53.3%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
SAGE (Vals AI)55.0%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
IFBench75.6%40.5%Gemma 4 31B
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)69.7%45.7%Gemma 4 31B
DTBench82.7%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMCA39.3%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
Surface Evolver Bench30.6%Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMArena Text14431357Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: instruction following14331355Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: creative writing14171333Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Vision1276Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMArena Text: English14511359Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: non-English14301346Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: Chinese14751357Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1325Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1311Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1305Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: French14361398Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: Spanish14421360Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: Russian14601366Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: Polish14331344Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: multi-turn14521366Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: longer queries14461378Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: writing and language14321340Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14051317Gemma 4 31B
LMArena Vision: English1271Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1326Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1282Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMArena Vision: humor1280Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1218Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1226Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1285Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
LMArena Document1425Not measuredOnly Gemma 4 31B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemma 4 31B and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkGemma 4 31BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Gemma 4 31B$0.0003Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.0010Fits in one request

Gemma 4 31B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemma 4 31B$0.0082Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.019Fits in one request

Gemma 4 31B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemma 4 31B$0.032Fits in one request
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B$0.075Fits in one request

Gemma 4 31B costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Gemma 4 31B and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
SpecificationGoogle Gemma 4 31BQwen3 Coder 480B A35B
MakerGoogleQwen
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedApril 2, 2026July 23, 2025
Context window262K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.14$0.30
Output $/Mtok$0.40$1.50
Coding index39.0Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it21
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemma 4 31B better than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for coding?

Only Gemma 4 31B has a coding score, 39.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Gemma 4 31B costs $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs $0.30 and $1.50. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemma 4 31B or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Neither: both take 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks is the Gemma 4 31B vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B comparison based on?

38 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemma 4 31B's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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