# Gemma 4 E2B IT vs Ling-3.1-flash-1019 (slim)

> Gemma 4 E2B IT scores 60.4 (C) to Ling-3.1-flash-1019's 54.8 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Gemma 4 E2B IT scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Ling-3.1-flash-1019's 54.8 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Gemma 4 E2B IT: C 60.4, rank #88 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemma-4-e2b-it.min.md
- Ling-3.1-flash-1019: C 54.8, rank #126 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ling-3-1-flash-1019.min.md
- Gemma 4 E2B IT, good for Agents that need a cheap, permissively licensed helper on 8 GB of memory, for tool calls, short audio or images, rather than hard reasoning Ahead on Reach, 95 against 60; Risk, 70 against 45; Agent interface, 85 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 75 against 56.
- Ling-3.1-flash-1019, good for Teams with a multi-GPU server that want an MIT-licensed flagship for long agent runs and coding

| Category | Gemma 4 E2B IT | Ling-3.1-flash-1019 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 95 | 60 |
| Risk (20%) | 70 | 45 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 75 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Gemma 4 E2B IT | Ling-3.1-flash-1019 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google DeepMind | inclusionAI (Ant Group) |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-11-03 | 2026-11-04 |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Reach, Gemma 4 E2B IT +35: Gemma 4 E2B IT 95 (Memory 30, Google's own 4-bit QAT GGUF with its projector is 4.34 GB, which with a fifth on top is 5.2 GB and fits in 16 GB or less.); Ling-3.1-flash-1019 60 (Memory 0, inclusionAI's only build is the FP8 release at 573.78 GB, × 1.2 = 688.5 GB, above 256 GB, and no runtime's library has a build.)
- Risk, Gemma 4 E2B IT +25: Gemma 4 E2B IT 70 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only, with nothing from the repository run on load.); Ling-3.1-flash-1019 45 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25), less 10 because the card's documented vLLM command passes --trust-remote-code, which runs the…)
- Agent interface, Gemma 4 E2B IT +25: Gemma 4 E2B IT 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); Ling-3.1-flash-1019 60 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (6,042 characters), which handles tools, the thinking switch and preserved reasoning.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Gemma 4 E2B IT +19: Gemma 4 E2B IT 75 (Model card 20, all seven items are there.); Ling-3.1-flash-1019 56 (Model card 11, Intended use (complex reasoning, multi-step tasks and agentic workflows), architecture, parameters (560B total, 25B active) and context (1M claim…)