Falcon (TII) vs Gemma 4 (Google)
Which one should you pick? Here's the full breakdown.
Falcon (TII)
UAE's Technology Innovation Institute open-weights family -- Falcon 3 optimized for efficient sub-10B deployment on consumer hardware
Gemma 4 (Google)
Google DeepMind's open-weights model family -- multimodal, 256K context, runs on edge devices
| Category | Falcon (TII) | Gemma 4 (Google) |
|---|---|---|
| Ease of Use | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Output Quality | 6.5 | 8.0 |
| Value | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| Features | 6.0 | 8.0 |
| Overall | 7.1 | 8.3 |
Pricing Comparison
| Feature | Falcon (TII) | Gemma 4 (Google) |
|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | Yes | Yes |
| Starting Price | $0 | $0 |
Benchmark Head-to-Head
Falcon 3 10B vs Gemma 4 31B
| Benchmark | Falcon (TII) | Gemma 4 (Google) |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 73.1% | 83% |
| GPQA Diamond | 42.5% | 84.3% |
| HumanEval | 73.8% | 85% |
Which Should You Pick?
Pick Falcon (TII) if...
Developers who need a genuinely Apache-2.0 small model for on-device or edge deployment, or who need strong Arabic/multilingual support.
Visit Falcon (TII)Pick Gemma 4 (Google) if...
- ✓Higher output quality (8 vs 6.5)
- ✓Better value for money (10/10)
- ✓More features (8 vs 6)
- ✓Stronger on graduate-level science questions (+41.8% on GPQA Diamond)
Developers and businesses who need a permissively licensed multimodal LLM they can self-host or fine-tune. Especially good for multilingual use cases and on-device deployment.
Visit Gemma 4 (Google)Our Verdict
Gemma 4 (Google) is the clear winner here with 8.3/10 vs 7.1/10. Falcon (TII) isn't bad, but Gemma 4 (Google) outperforms it across the board. Pick Falcon (TII) only if developers who need a genuinely apache-2.