Gemma 3 4B vs Qwen3.5 35B A3B
Wins 0 of 7 areas
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Wins 7 of 7 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Images and charts · Long documents · Following instructions
Qwen3.5 35B A3B is the stronger all-rounder.Gemma 3 4B is cheaper.
Scores updated · 30 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven areas where both have results. 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 software03Qwen3.5 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
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video02Qwen3.5 35B A3B2 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up12Qwen3.5 35B A3B2 of 3 tests
- 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
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 4B costs 93% 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
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+65.3points ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+55.7points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+55.4points ahead
Where Gemma 3 4B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 30 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 55.718.974.6+55.7
- SciCodeQwen3.5 35B A3B by 30.47.337.7+30.4
- Terminal-Bench HardQwen3.5 35B A3B by 25.70.826.5+25.7
AgentsQwen3.5 35B A3B
- GDPValQwen3.5 35B A3B by 5.605.6+5.6
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingQwen3.5 35B A3B by 4.50.44.9+4.5
ReasoningQwen3.5 35B A3B
- GPQA DiamondQwen3.5 35B A3B by 55.429.184.5+55.4
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3.5 35B A3B by 15.75.321+15.7
- CritPttie00.9tie
FactsQwen3.5 35B A3B
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3.5 35B A3B by 12.81.814.6+12.8
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyQwen3.5 35B A3B by 12.47.720.1+12.4
- Vectara HHEM hallucination ratelower is betterGemma 3 4B by 4.16.410.5+4.1
Images and chartsQwen3.5 35B A3B
Following instructionsQwen3.5 35B A3B
- IFBenchQwen3.5 35B A3B by 44.228.372.5+44.2
Other results15 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 84.2589.2+84.2
- MMLU-ProQwen3.5 35B A3B by 41.743.685.3+41.7
- MMMLUQwen3.5 35B A3B by 35.150.185.2+35.1
- AA-OmniscienceQwen3.5 35B A3B by 34.8-82.9-48.1+34.8
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexQwen3.5 35B A3B by 34.32.737+34.3
- vectara_answer_rateQwen3.5 35B A3B by 32.567.399.8+32.5
- MMLUQwen3.5 35B A3B by 22.758.481.1+22.7
- AI2DQwen3.5 35B A3B by 17.874.892.6+17.8
- vectara_avg_summary_lengthQwen3.5 35B A3B by 17.577.494.9+17.5
- AA IntelligenceQwen3.5 35B A3B by 14.54.819.3+14.5
- AA Agentic IndexQwen3.5 35B A3B by 10.11.711.8+10.1
- MBPPQwen3.5 35B A3B by 7.663.270.8+7.6
- HumanEvalGemma 3 4B by 4.871.366.5+4.8
- vectara_factual_consistencyGemma 3 4B by 4.193.689.5+4.1
- IFEvalQwen3.5 35B A3B by 1.790.291.9+1.7
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemma 3 4B or Qwen3.5 35B A3B?
Qwen3.5 35B A3B wins all seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, images and charts, long documents and following instructions. Gemma 3 4B wins none, but costs 93% less.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3.5 35B A3B. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Gemma 3 4B wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Gemma 3 4B costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 35B A3B costs $0.25 and $2.00. That makes Gemma 3 4B about 93% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 30 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 15 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 15 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.