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Gemma 3 4B IT vs Qwen3.8 Flash

Gemma 3 4B IT has the stronger public benchmark scores. Gemma 3 4B IT costs 65% less for the same work.

Gemma 3 4B IT

by Google · #64 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.050
Output / 1M
$0.10

Qwen3.8 Flash

by Qwen

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
1M
Input / 1M
$0.11
Output / 1M
$0.38

Better overall

Gemma 3 4B IT

Grade 21.5 vs —

Cheaper

Gemma 3 4B IT

65% less, $0.063 vs $0.18 blended

Larger context

Qwen3.8 Flash

128K vs 1M tokens

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Qwen3.8 FlashQwen3.8 Flash: —
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Qwen3.8 FlashQwen3.8 Flash: —
SWE-Bench Pro% of tasks resolved · Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro · Aug 24, 2026 · reference
Gemma 3 4B ITGemma 3 4B IT: —

Gemma 3 4B ITQwen3.8 Flashv = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Gemma 3 4B IT$14.00 /month
Qwen3.8 Flash$37.88 /month

Gemma 3 4B IT saves you $23.88 a month at this usage, $287 a year.

At a glance

AttributeGemma 3 4B ITQwen3.8 Flash
Made byGoogleQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeGood · 21.5Not rated
Overall rank#64 of 67Not ranked
Input price$0.050 per 1M$0.11 per 1M
Output price$0.10 per 1M$0.38 per 1M
Context window131,072 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoYes
Reads imagesYesNo
Model IDgemma-3-4b-itqwen3.8-flash

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "gemma-3-4b-it", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen3.8-flash", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Gemma 3 4B IT or Qwen3.8 Flash better?

One of them doesn’t have enough public benchmark scores to be graded yet; compare the benchmarks both have above.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B IT or Qwen3.8 Flash?

Gemma 3 4B IT: $0.050 in and $0.10 out per million tokens, against $0.11 and $0.38 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen3.8 Flash, with 1,000,000 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.