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Alternatives to Gemma 4 31B IT

For coding help for non-developers, Gemma 4 31B IT scores 30 and costs $1.20 per 1,000 requests. Here’s what beats it on price, on quality, or on privacy.

Overall 28$0.25 / 1M
96% similarOpen weightsNemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA
Overall27−1
Blended / 1M$0.24−5%
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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Gemma 4 31B ITOverall−1Coding−4Writing−17Support−17Value−1Context1M
83% similarGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle
Overall29+1
Blended / 1M$0.85+240%
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Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Gemma 4 31B ITOverall+1Coding+6Writing±0Support−5Value−5Context1M
81% similarGPT-6 LunaOpenAI
Overall37+9
Blended / 1M$0.20−20%
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GPT-6 Luna vs Gemma 4 31B ITOverall+9Coding+18Writing−19Support−20Value+10Context1.1M
78% similarOpen weightsMiniMax-M3MiniMax
Overall31+3
Blended / 1M$0.53+110%
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MiniMax-M3 vs Gemma 4 31B ITOverall+3Coding+15Writing−4Support−2Value±0Context1M
77% similarClaude Haiku 5.5Anthropic
Overall44+16
Blended / 1M$0.20−20%
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Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Gemma 4 31B ITOverall+16Coding+22Writing−26Support−17Value+18Context1M
69% similarMiniMax-M3.1-FlashMiniMax
Overall–
Blended / 1M$0.26+5%
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MiniMax-M3.1-Flash vs Gemma 4 31B ITOverall–Coding+30Writing–Support–Value–Context1M
66% similarOpen weightsNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA
Overall34+6
Blended / 1M$1.05+320%
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Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B vs Gemma 4 31B ITOverall+6Coding+21Writing−7Support−13Value−2Context262K
66% similarOpen weightsMistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI
Overall18−10
Blended / 1M$3.00+1100%
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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Gemma 4 31B ITOverall−10Coding−11Writing−15Support−11Value−23Context262K
61% similarOpen weightsGLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai
Overall55+27
Blended / 1M$0.24−5%
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GLM-5.3-Flash vs Gemma 4 31B ITOverall+27Coding+39Writing+14Support+16Value+28Context1M

Similarity is closeness in coding help for non-developers score and in price. Cheaper means at least 30% less for within 5 points. Scores are provisional.

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