# I Tested Gemma 4 vs the Qwen Coders on 16GB: The Bottleneck Was Never the Model

> Source: <https://pub.towardsai.net/i-tested-gemma-4-vs-the-qwen-coders-on-16gb-the-bottleneck-was-never-the-model-ed2ba7fe1e1c?source=rss----98111c9905da---4>
> Published: 2026-06-18 17:01:03+00:00

Qwen’s coder beats Gemma 4 by 21 points on the benchmark. Put both on a 16GB budget against a real repo and that lead barely survives —…
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