Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) vs Llama 3.1 Instruct 8B

Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning) vs Llama 3.1 Instruct 8B. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)On the open-weights frontier
Intelligence
8.90
Total cost
$14.7
MetaLlama 3.1 Instruct 8BNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
6.90
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)Llama 3.1 Instruct 8BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)8.96.9−22.5% Llama 3.1 Instruct 8B is 22.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$14.68Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)57.75s4.64s−92.0% Llama 3.1 Instruct 8B is 92.0% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.02 / $0.10$0.04 / $0.07
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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