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Gemma 4 26B A4B vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B

Google · released

Wins 1 of 8 areas

Following instructions

Alibaba · released

Wins 7 of 8 areas

Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Images and charts · Math · Long documents

Qwen3.6 35B A3B is the stronger all-rounder.Gemma 4 26B A4B is cheaper and better at following instructions.

Scores updated · 61 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.

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 4 26B A4B$0.13 to read · $0.40 to write$0.53Price from Artificial Analysis
Qwen3.6 35B A3B$0.38 to read · $2.25 to write$2.63Price from Alibaba's own price page

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs 80% less for the same work.

The biggest differences

The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.

Where Qwen3.6 35B A3B pulls ahead

  • Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+56points aheadQwen3.6 35B A3B73.4Gemma 4 26B A4B17.4
  • Fixes real GitHub issues in many programming languagesSWE-bench Multilingual+49.9points aheadQwen3.6 35B A3B67.2Gemma 4 26B A4B17.3
  • Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+35.9points aheadQwen3.6 35B A3B49.5Gemma 4 26B A4B13.6

Where Gemma 4 26B A4B pulls ahead

  • Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+8points aheadGemma 4 26B A4B72.4Qwen3.6 35B A3B64.4
  • Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+3.4points aheadGemma 4 26B A4B40Qwen3.6 35B A3B36.6
  • Customer-service tasks in a simulated bankτ-Bench V3 · Banking+2.7points aheadGemma 4 26B A4B12Qwen3.6 35B A3B9.3

Every test, side by side

All 61 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.

CodingQwen3.6 35B A3B

Full coding ranking

AgentsQwen3.6 35B A3B

Full agents ranking

ReasoningQwen3.6 35B A3B

Full reasoning ranking

FactsQwen3.6 35B A3B

Full facts ranking

Images and chartsQwen3.6 35B A3B

Full images and charts ranking

MathQwen3.6 35B A3B

Full math ranking

Long documentsQwen3.6 35B A3B
  • AA-LCRQwen3.6 35B A3B by 665.771.7+6

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsGemma 4 26B A4B
  • IFBenchGemma 4 26B A4B by 872.464.4+8

Full following instructions ranking

Other results36 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.

Questions people ask

Which is better, Gemma 4 26B A4B or Qwen3.6 35B A3B?

Qwen3.6 35B A3B wins seven of the eight areas we test: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, images and charts, math and long documents. Gemma 4 26B A4B wins following instructions, and costs 80% less.

Which is better for coding?

Qwen3.6 35B A3B. It wins 6 of the 7 coding tests both models report; Gemma 4 26B A4B wins 1.

Which is cheaper?

Gemma 4 26B A4B costs $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 35B A3B costs $0.38 and $2.25. That makes Gemma 4 26B A4B about 80% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 61 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 25 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 36 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.

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