Gemma 3 4B - NC Bench

google/gemma-3-4b-it

Gemma 3 4B

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Release Date

Mar 12th, 2025

Context Size

128k

Benchmark Cost

$0.06

Speed

71.6 tok/s

Creative writing

56.57%

Rule following

52.02%

Utility

59.01%

Mathematics

100.00%

Tooling

42.55%

Language

72.68%

Logic

63.33%

Bad Writing Habits

Detects common prose quality anti-patterns in AI-generated creative writing, including passive voice, past progressive overuse, weak dialogue tags, filter words, purple prose, cliches, AI-ism words/adverbs/names, and more.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Detailed Writing Rules
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin 0-shot Creative writingRule following	79	74	73	71	71	74%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night 0-shot Creative writingRule following	79	72	71	71	66	72%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite 0-shot Creative writingRule following	79	73	71	69	64	71%
Mystery: examining a crime scene 0-shot Creative writingRule following	76	74	74	74	70	74%
Romance: separated couple reunites 0-shot Creative writingRule following	75	73	72	71	70	72%
Thriller: chase through city streets 0-shot Creative writingRule following	83	80	77	72	71	77%
Detailed Writing Rules						73.11%
genre
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin 0-shot Creative writingRule following	78	69	67	67	67	70%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night 0-shot Creative writingRule following	77	74	71	70	69	73%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite 0-shot Creative writingRule following	76	75	71	70	70	72%
Mystery: examining a crime scene 0-shot Creative writingRule following	76	76	74	72	71	74%
Romance: separated couple reunites 0-shot Creative writingRule following	72	72	70	70	63	69%
Thriller: chase through city streets 0-shot Creative writingRule following	80	80	79	77	74	78%
genre						72.56%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin 0-shot Creative writingRule following	78	78	75	73	72	75%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night 0-shot Creative writingRule following	76	75	73	71	64	72%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite 0-shot Creative writingRule following	75	74	74	71	69	72%
Mystery: examining a crime scene 0-shot Creative writingRule following	77	77	75	74	67	74%
Romance: separated couple reunites 0-shot Creative writingRule following	74	74	72	67	66	70%
Thriller: chase through city streets 0-shot Creative writingRule following	80	76	75	75	75	76%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt						73.38%
73.02%

Codex Violation Detection

Detects factual inconsistencies between a story bible and prose passages. The model must output structured XML identifying each violation with paragraph number and substring.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
matrix
Large codex (40 entries), long passage (1,019 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	43	40	38	37	29	23	21	3	3	3	24%
Large codex (40 entries), short passage (165 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	40	38	37	36	35	33	33	33	20	17	32%
Small codex (7 entries), long passage (734 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	61	59	54	49	49	47	44	43	42	42	49%
Small codex (7 entries), short passage (165 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	48	44	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	38	41%
matrix											36.54%
tiers
5 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	57	57	57	44	42	42	42	42	42	42	46%
10 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	64	58	56	49	49	44	42	39	33	33	47%
20 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	48	40	38	38	37	36	36	36	35	32	38%
40 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	42	40	39	38	37	33	33	33	33	33	36%
tiers											41.78%
39.16%

Data extraction

Extract key details from a given block of text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
All valid emails 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Contextual pronoun 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Fruits excluding citrus 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Future event time 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Guess the pet 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Highest-rated movie 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Indirect birth year 0-shot UtilityMathematicsLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What instrument does Lucy play? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What's the color of the car? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What's the correct time? 0-shot UtilityLogic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Who's the sister? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Who's the tallest? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
91.67%

Dialogue tags

Various tasks related to dialogue tags in text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
dialogue-200
Write 200 words with 10% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	50	49	30	10	3	2	1	0	0	0	14%
Write 200 words with 50% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Write 200 words with 90% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	48	43	18	46%
dialogue-200											20.10%
dialogue-500
Write 500 words with 30% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	45	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6%
Write 500 words with 50% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Write 500 words with 70% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
dialogue-500											1.96%
Ungrouped
Write unattributed dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	100	61	61	61	14	14	14	14	1	1	34%
14.29%

Language Comprehension

Does the model understand more than just English?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Asking for directions (Dutch) 0-shot Language	100	100	100	0	0	60%
Asking for directions (German) 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Friend got new kittens (German) 0-shot Language	100	0	0	0	0	20%
Friend got new kittens (Tagalog) 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
70.00%

Language Writing

Can the model generate text in different languages?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Character dialogue (French) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	60	92%
Character dialogue (German) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	100	92	86	96%
Character dialogue (Hindi) in a story 0-shot Language	67	60	58	45	0	46%
Character dialogue (Italian) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	85	73	0	71%
Character dialogue (Spanish) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	83	62	0	69%
74.83%

N-Length Sentences

Write sentences with exactly N words

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Write sentences with 5 words each 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	98	98	98	94	93	89	77	95%
Write sentences with 10 words each 0-shot Rule following	88	88	87	80	77	75	72	65	63	52	75%
Write sentences with 20 words each 0-shot Rule following	16	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3%
57.48%

Novel outline

Handle questions about the outline of a novel in various formats

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
outline-count
Count acts 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count chapters 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count scenes 0-shot ToolingUtility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
outline-count											66.67%
pov-count
Count point of views for Jack and Olivia 0-shot ToolingUtility	50	50	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15%
Count point of views for Jack Harper 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
Count point of views for Olivia 0-shot ToolingUtility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
pov-count											8.33%
37.50%

Tool usage within Novelcrafter

Output messages that are related to tool usage within Novelcrafter

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Create alternate prose sections 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
100.00%

Voice/dialogue sheets

Extract dialogue from given text as voice sheets.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Multiple speakers 0-shot Utility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Simple 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%
Simple (1-shot) 1-shot Utility	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
Simple (5-shot) Few-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Unattributed dialogue 0-shot Utility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
30.00%

Write N of X

Write exactly N words/sentences/paragraphs...

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
paragraphs
1 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	60%
5 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
paragraphs											53.33%
sentences
1 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
10 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	100%
20 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
50 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	92	54	9	0	75%
sentences											95.04%
words
10 word summary 0-shot Rule following	54	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8%
20 word summary 0-shot Rule following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
50 word summary 0-shot Rule following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
100 word summary 0-shot Rule following	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
200 word summary 0-shot Rule following	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5%
words											2.72%
49.91%