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Gemma 4 31B vs Qwen3.6 35B A3B

Google · released

Wins 2 of 8 areas

Reasoning · Following instructions

Alibaba · released

Wins 5 of 8 areas

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

Qwen3.6 35B A3B is the stronger all-rounder.Gemma 4 31B is cheaper and better at reasoning.

Scores updated · 57 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 31B$0.17 to read · $0.40 to write$0.57Price 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 31B costs 78% 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

Where Gemma 4 31B pulls ahead

  • Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+11.2points aheadGemma 4 31B75.6Qwen3.6 35B A3B64.4
  • Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+8.9points aheadGemma 4 31B45.5Qwen3.6 35B A3B36.6
  • Customer-service tasks in a simulated bankτ-Bench V3 · Banking+5.5points aheadGemma 4 31B14.8Qwen3.6 35B A3B9.3

Every test, side by side

All 57 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

ReasoningGemma 4 31B

Full reasoning ranking

FactsEven

Full facts ranking

Images and chartsQwen3.6 35B A3B
  • CharXiv (RQ)Qwen3.6 35B A3B by 10.167.978+10.1
  • MathVistaQwen3.6 35B A3B by 7.179.386.4+7.1
  • MMMU-ProQwen3.6 35B A3B by 1.673.475+1.6
  • MMMUQwen3.6 35B A3B by 1.380.481.7+1.3

Full images and charts ranking

MathQwen3.6 35B A3B

Full math ranking

Long documentsQwen3.6 35B A3B
  • AA-LCRQwen3.6 35B A3B by 269.771.7+2

Full long documents ranking

Following instructionsGemma 4 31B
  • IFBenchGemma 4 31B by 11.275.664.4+11.2

Full following instructions ranking

Other results32 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 31B or Qwen3.6 35B A3B?

Qwen3.6 35B A3B wins five of the eight areas we test: coding, agents, images and charts, math and long documents. Gemma 4 31B wins reasoning and following instructions, and costs 78% less. They are level on facts.

Which is better for coding?

Qwen3.6 35B A3B. It wins 4 of the 7 coding tests both models report; Gemma 4 31B wins 2, and 1 is a tie.

Which is cheaper?

Gemma 4 31B costs $0.17 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 31B about 78% cheaper for the same work.

How do you compare the two?

We use the 57 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 32 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.

Compare Gemma 4 31B with

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Across the field

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