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

Qwen's coder outperforms Gemma 4 by 21 points on a benchmark, but the lead narrows significantly when both models run on a 16GB budget against a real repository, suggesting the bottleneck lies elsewhere.

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 —… Continue reading on Towards AI »