Gemma 3 27B vs Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Wins 0 of 8 areas
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Wins 8 of 8 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Images and charts · Math · Long documents · Following instructions
Qwen3.5 35B A3B is the stronger all-rounder.Gemma 3 27B is cheaper.
Scores updated · 35 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the eight areas we test. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software05Qwen3.5 35B A3B5 of 5 tests
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video03Qwen3.5 35B A3B3 of 3 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking02Qwen3.5 35B A3B2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own02Qwen3.5 35B A3B2 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up12Qwen3.5 35B A3B2 of 3 tests
- MathCompetition and research-level math01Qwen3.5 35B A3B1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01Qwen3.5 35B A3B1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Qwen3.5 35B A3B1 of 1 test
Math, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Gemma 3 27B costs 76% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3.5 35B A3B pulls ahead
- US invitational high-school math exam problemsAIME 2026+72.5points ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+64.7points ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+45.5points ahead
Where Gemma 3 27B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 35 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen3.5 35B A3B
- LiveCodeBench v6Qwen3.5 35B A3B by 45.529.174.6+45.5
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Qwen3.5 35B A3B by 36.34.540.8+36.3
- SWE-bench ProQwen3.5 35B A3B by 33.211.444.6+33.2
- Terminal-Bench HardQwen3.5 35B A3B by 22.73.826.5+22.7
- SciCodeQwen3.5 35B A3B by 14.423.337.7+14.4
AgentsQwen3.5 35B A3B
- GDPValQwen3.5 35B A3B by 5.605.6+5.6
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingQwen3.5 35B A3B by 4.10.84.9+4.1
ReasoningQwen3.5 35B A3B
- GPQA DiamondQwen3.5 35B A3B by 41.742.884.5+41.7
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3.5 35B A3B by 16.64.421+16.6
- CritPttie00.9tie
FactsQwen3.5 35B A3B
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyQwen3.5 35B A3B by 7.112.920.1+7.1
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3.5 35B A3B by 6.77.914.6+6.7
- Vectara HHEM hallucination ratelower is betterGemma 3 27B by 3.17.410.5+3.1
Images and chartsQwen3.5 35B A3B
Following instructionsQwen3.5 35B A3B
- IFBenchQwen3.5 35B A3B by 40.731.872.5+40.7
Other results16 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Qwen3.5 35B A3B by 78.710.589.2+78.7
- MATH-VisionQwen3.5 35B A3B by 37.94683.9+37.9
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexQwen3.5 35B A3B by 26.910.137+26.9
- MMLU-ProXQwen3.5 35B A3B by 24.456.681+24.4
- HumanEvalGemma 3 27B by 21.387.866.5+21.3
- AA-OmniscienceQwen3.5 35B A3B by 19.1-67.2-48.1+19.1
- MMLU-ProQwen3.5 35B A3B by 17.767.685.3+17.7
- MMMLUQwen3.5 35B A3B by 14.570.785.2+14.5
- AA IntelligenceQwen3.5 35B A3B by 14.44.919.3+14.4
- AI2DQwen3.5 35B A3B by 8.184.592.6+8.1
- MMLUQwen3.5 35B A3B by 4.276.981.1+4.2
- MBPPGemma 3 27B by 3.674.470.8+3.6
- vectara_factual_consistencyGemma 3 27B by 3.192.689.5+3.1
- IFEvalQwen3.5 35B A3B by 1.590.491.9+1.5
- vectara_avg_summary_lengthGemma 3 27B by 1.596.494.9+1.5
- vectara_answer_rateQwen3.5 35B A3B by 198.899.8+1
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemma 3 27B or Qwen3.5 35B A3B?
Qwen3.5 35B A3B wins all eight areas we test: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, images and charts, math, long documents and following instructions. Gemma 3 27B wins none, but costs 76% less.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3.5 35B A3B. It wins 5 of the 5 coding tests both models report; Gemma 3 27B wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Gemma 3 27B costs $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.45 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 35B A3B costs $0.25 and $2.00. That makes Gemma 3 27B about 76% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 35 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 19 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 16 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.