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AI Tool Comparison

Gemma 3 vs Llama 4

A side-by-side breakdown to help you pick the right tool for your workflow.

Gemma 3 logo

Gemma 3

Superseded by Gemma 4 (April 2026) — Gemini-3-derived reasoning and agentic capability in five open sizes from 2B to 31B, running on phones, laptops, or servers with a 256K context window.

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Llama 4

Llama 4 Scout and Maverick remain Meta's last open-weight frontier models (April 2025) with up to 10M-token context — Meta paused the open Llama line in 2026 in favor of a new proprietary flagship.

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Bottom Line

Llama 4 edges ahead on rating (4.6 vs 4.5), but the right pick still comes down to which workflow you're running.

Choose Gemma 3 if…

Models

Choose Llama 4 if…

Models

AttributeGemma 3Llama 4
CategoryModelsModels
Pricingfreefree
Pricing DetailFree and open-weight (Apache 2.0) — now on Gemma 4Free and open-weight — no Llama 5 has shipped
Rating4.54.6

Key Features

Gemma 3

  • Open weights
  • Multilingual and multimodal
  • Multiple sizes
  • Runs on single GPU

Llama 4

  • Open weights
  • Long context window
  • Multimodal variants
  • Huge fine-tuning ecosystem

Pros

Gemma 3

  • High quality and open
  • Good documentation
  • Flexible sizes

Llama 4

  • Industry-standard open model
  • Massive community support
  • Free to use

Cons

Gemma 3

  • Self-hosting expertise needed
  • Behind frontier closed models

Llama 4

  • Large variants need serious hardware
  • License restrictions at scale

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